Paulo Coelho Quotes

she considered the possibility of telling her about everything that was happening, but then she changed her mind; people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.

Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.

It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning.

All education is self-discovery.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

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

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

Educate yourself as much as you can with life. Just go out there.

I believe that the best way to help people understand the world is to provide them with opportunities to actively explore, experiment, and express themselves.

If you don't travel the world and see as much of it as you can - see different characters in different situations - then how are you going to learn? I figured the best way to do that was to explore as much as I could.

As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

For me, learning is a continuous process and an all-inclusive one - reading a book, learning a musical instrument or learning the martial art called taekwondo. Teach myself something new - that's my prayer.

I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Every single journey that I've embarked on, I've learned something new.

Everything is educational.

Most of us fully expect that we're going to learn things we didn't know about.

I discover a lot of things on my own.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

The things we discover for ourselves are the most important.

Experience is stronger than belief. Once we have experiences our mind begins to open. This works better than me forcing my own experience or knowledge onto anyone. Show them how to have their own experiences.

I think self-education is the greatest and best thing you could ever make.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.