Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

It is very important to learn. And I try to learn from everything around me.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.

We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.

We need the self-confidence to admit that at best we possess only a partial understanding of the truth, which can be enlarged by refining our views in light of new arguments, new circumstances and new insights. But this requires us to listen to others, to weigh their arguments with care, and maybe even to learn from them.

I try not to be an ideologue about anything. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, and I'm willing to evolve.

Every minute of every day, we should be challenging ourselves to grow intellectually and to stay curious about the world.

Anyone not busy learning is busy dying.

Its about continuing to learn and being open-minded, don't ever think you know it all.

I've never stopped learning.

Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean.

Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience.

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

The wisest mind has something yet to learn.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.

My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element.

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.