Educational Sayings

416 sayings found from 416 authors

Marx was a social pathologist... What Marx gained through his studies of social problems was a knowledge of diseases in the course of social progress. Therefore, Marx can only be called a social pathologist; we cannot say that he is a social physiolo…

— Sun Yat-sen August 3, 1924
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I don't have any more hope. Nothing to expect with joy so why work - why bother when I will have to eventually die one day. The knowledge to have done something great should be its own recompose. Which is the best painting? A miserable copy, a misera…

— Edvard Munch Early 20th Century
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The game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry. If the game of push-pin furnish more pleasure, it is more valuable than either.

— Jeremy Bentham 1825 (published)
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Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn I lean'd, the Secret of my Life to learn: And Lip to Lip it murmur'd—'While you live, Drink!—for, once dead, you never shall return.'

— Omar Khayyam c. 11th-12th century
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I have always been a great admirer of the wisdom of the ancients, and I have always been of the opinion that there is a great deal to be learned from them.

— Charles Dickens 1841
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Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who reject you, and insult you, and smite you?

— Walt Whitman 1860 (originally in 'Leaves of Grass' preface)
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I want to be a writer who is not afraid to be imperfect. I want to be a writer who is not afraid to make mistakes. I want to be a writer who is not afraid to learn.

— Jack Kerouac 1960
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The internet is a public space. It's a space for individuals to express themselves, to communicate, to share information. It's a space for people to create their own history.

— Ai Weiwei 2011
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I'm not a saint, and I'm not a sinner. I'm just a man. I'm a man who's been through a lot, and I'm a man who's learned a lot. And I'm a man who's still learning.

— Johnny Cash 1990s
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I have been out among the people on the platform and in their homes for the last fifty years; and the one thing I have learned is that the women of the country are ready for the ballot, and that they will have it.

— Susan B. Anthony Early 1900s
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If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations and don't invite us to come to see you. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!

— Nikita Khrushchev 1956
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I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.

— Virginia Woolf 1929
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A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it. Having realized it, he admits it. Having admitted it, he corrects it. He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers. He thinks of his enemies a…

— Laozi c. 6th-4th century BCE
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Do not believe anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply becaus…

— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) c. 5th century BCE
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One thing I flatly refuse to give money to is the support of any college. I've been wooed by some of the finest universities in the land, but I tell them they will not get a cent from me unless they put in a trade school. Our colleges are crowded wit…

— Ray Kroc Circa 1970s (a 1978 interview discusses this topic).
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I'm a teacher.

— Charles Manson 1981
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