Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

I don't know much, but I like talking to people who know a lot more than I do.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.

I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

I learned a lot from Cherry Jones, from the questions she asked and the opinions she had.

I learn something new from everyone I interview.

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Marlo taught me things I thought I knew.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Know or listen to those who know.