Leon Botstein Quotes

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

The learning process continues until the day you die.

I grow old learning something new every day.

There is no time to cease learning. Only after you have closed the lid on the coffin does learning cease.

Learning is a plant that grows in all climes.

Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue

And always, there was the magic of learning things.

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.

One can learn, at least. One can go on learning until the day one is cut off.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

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

I think it's so important to feed your brain you know. Sometimes you've just got to read.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

I think you never stop learning.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But when it comes to children, all three are deeply entwined. Children learn the truth by imagining all the ways the world could be, and testing those possibilities.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

I love learning new techniques.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

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.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active.