Learning to trust our intuition is an art form, and like all other art forms, it takes practice to perfect.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.

Those who learn fastest will achieve more than those who learn best.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under the heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.