Be willing to take the first step, no matter how small it is. Concentrate on the fact that you are willing to learn. Absolute miracles will happen.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.
The willingness to learn new skills is very high.
Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.
Education is not something where you just tip your head and they pour it in your ear. You’ve got to want it.
I think that I need to learn a lot, a lot.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this is a mistake. All that is needed is a readiness to learn from one's partner in the discussion, which includes a genuine wish to understand what he intends to say. If this readiness is there, the discussion wrighteous stupidityill be the more fruitful the more the partner's backgrounds differ.
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.
You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will.
I don't have much knowledge about Indian culture, but I try to keep a tab of what's happening down here.
