Thomas a Kempis Quotes

I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

I just want to be educated.

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Education is very important, and I understand that.

Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts.

Freedmen have the natural thirst for knowledge, aspire to power and influence… coupled with learning, and are excited by the special study of books.

Education is a cause very close to me. What matters is encouraging my fans to focus on their education, because only an educated generation can ensure a better future. Even when I was on tour, I did my homework and studied.

Nothing substitutes for a great education.

I would live to study, not study to live.

A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.

A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.

I liked the education. I liked people learning things all around me and I liked going to people's classes.

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

Just because somebody drops in on you from another dimension, don't assume they're wiser than you about anything at all, or that they can do anything better than you can do yourself. Discarnate or mortal, what matters about people is what they know.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

I always say that, to me, it starts with reading. This is something I tell high school kids, college kids, people trying to get into the business, that it's just so much about reading. Read, read, read. So much of everything else falls into place when you just do a ton of reading.

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

Thou art an heyre to fayre lying, that is nothing, if thou be disinherited of learning, for better were it to thee to inherite righteousnesse then riches, and far more seemly were if for thee to haue thy Studie full of bookes, then thy pursse full of mony.

To pore upon a book, to seek the light of truth.