Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

If I want to be a better person for whoever is in my life, I have to learn.

The Edwardians were preoccupied with the concept of progress, which they defined as measurable, scientific, and technical. But what about a word to describe progress in areas that defy any meaningful metric, such as love or elegance or amusement or mercy?

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

...learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.

We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to the extremes of war. Perhaps we can be kinder now, live with less now, reach out to others now - and build an inner reserve of a strong identity that will hold us up even when everything else falls away.

Listening and being curious and wide-eyed in the world, I think, is what allows us to move forward, progress, evolve and learn and alter our behavior and become more self-aware. I think that listening is kind of what it's all about.

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.

As far as knowledge goes I've come a long way.

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

We don't stop going to school when we graduate.

You only stop learning when you quit.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.