top of page
Exlpore more Learning quotes

"Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read."

"We often know information but not the epistemology of that information."

"Failure is the school of greatness."

"Experience is a master teacher, even when it's not our own."

"This philosophy teaches us to leave safe harbor for the rough seas of real-world experience, and to accept that a rough copy out in the world serves us far greater than a masterpiece sitting quietly on our shelves."

"I simply wish to continue to learn, & try to do what I have to do, better."

"[A]t bottom it is the same with traveling as with reading. How often do we complain that we cannot remember one thousandth part of what we read! In both cases, however, we may console ourselves with the reflection that the things we see and read make an impression on the mind before they are forgotten, and so contribute to its formation and nurture."

"Self-education begins with the passion to read the Scriptures."

"Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve as both toys and food, big dogs like to snuggle, falling isn't flying, cream drips from lazy cows, water should be avoided at all costs, baths don't require getting wet, kindness and cruelty often fall from the same hand, and engines remain comfortably warm long after the motor dies."
Explore more quotes by Zane Grey

"No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything."

"These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them."

"I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly."

"Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me."
bottom of page