He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. Jonathan Swift Learning why an idea fails is just as important as knowing why it works. A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal. William Allen White Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. Oscar Wilde Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.
Education is a process that changes the learner.
If the methods of most schools were used to teach young children to talk, the world would soon be engulfed in silence and confusion. The very fast learner is a greater threat to the conventional classroom than the very slow learner. The ultimate purpose of all non-trivial learning is to increase your perception of what you don't know. A certain naivete is prerequisite to all learning. A certain optimism is prerequisite to all action.