Brian Aldiss Quotes

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

I wonder whether if I had an education I should have been more or less a fool that I am.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

You have to look yourself in the eye and ask, 'Who are you?' It can't be all about work.

Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.

Learning is the very essence of humility . . .

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.

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

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

A good education should leave much to be desired.

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 like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can.

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

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

I just try to live my life and do my thing.

There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

The value of a good education has never left me.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

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

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.