“There is creative reading as well as creative writing.”
“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything."
(Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Early and Miscellaneous Letters of J. W. Goethe: Including Letters to His Mother. With Notes and a Short Biography
“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”
“Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself.”
“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”
“We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.”
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
“I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside of you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow.”
“Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.”
