learning

I believe in knowing who you are but without limiting yourself to your own expectation of who you are.

It is now established by verifiable evidence that religion stultifies the brain and is the great obstacle in the path of intellectual progress.The more religious a person is, the more he is steeped in ignorance and superstition, the less is his sense of moral responsibility. The more intelligent a person, the less religious he is. There is an old saying that 'where there are three scientists, there are two atheists.'The countries whose governments are dominated by religion and religious institutions are the most backward. By the same token, the countries whose people are the most enlightened, and whose governments are based upon the principle of secularism__he separation of church and state__re the most progressive.And let me tell you: When man is intellectually free, the progress he will make is beyond calculation.

There are possibilities that exist beyond our present "knowing," and to see those possibilities, we must abandon that which makes us feel safe.

How can a person have a sense of something if he does not have the germ of it within himself. What I am to understand must develop organically within me--and what I seem to learn is only nourishment--stimulation of the organism.

Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can--what we we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.

What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story.

I've learned through experience that faith moves mountains, hope moves choices, and, more importantly, that love moves you a step closer to God.

If we're going to be smart, we can't be stupid_!

Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.

We may have to struggle to achieve our goals, but our struggles may yield as much growth as our learning. The strengths we develop in overcoming challenges will be with us in the eternities to come.

You go to a great school not so much for knowledge as for arts and habits; for the habit of attention, for the art of expression, for the art of assuming, at a moment__ notice, a new intellectual position, for the art of entering quickly into another person__ thoughts, for the habit of submitting to censure and refutation, for the art of indicating assent or dissent in graduated terms_ And above all, you go to a great school for self-knowledge.

Remember when your curiosity inspired your investigative mind to explore and learn_ you weren__ bogged down with resentment, cynicism, and emotional baggage_ just think about how great it would be to return to that mindset of unencumbered learning and adventurous living_ you are just one choice away from that life_ choose to let go of the infertile past_ go live your adventure!

People aspire, learn, and grow when they are ready to commit to the process.

One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.

Life is learning to take God's hand.....and hold on.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth

The problem with all students, he said, is that they inevitably stop somewhere. They hear an idea and they hold on to it until it becomes dead; they want to flatter themselves that they know the truth. But true Zen never stops, never congeals into such truths. That is why everyone must constantly be pushed to the abyss, starting over and feeling their utter worthlessness as a student. Without suffering and doubts, the mind will come to rest on clichés and stay there, until the spirit dies as well. Not even enlightenment is enough. You must continually start over and challenge yourself.

The bridge between the words glamour and grammar is magic. According to the OED, glamour evolved through an ancient association between learning and enchantment.