Ebbinghaus Learning Quotes & Sayings

If you can get by with quotes from The Godfather and nothing you say matters, that's pretty bleak, don't you think? Don't we want what we say to matter? — Joshua Ferris

Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will always feel unfulfilled. There is no problem with feeling unfulfilled. In fact, if you learn to see it the right way, that very lack of fulfillment is the greatest thing you can ever experience.' This is the realistic outlook. — Brad Warner

Students should be told, how to think, not what to think. — Harsh Malik

Humans more easily remember or learn items when they are studied a few times over a long period of time (spaced presentation), rather than studied repeatedly in a short period of time. — Hermann Ebbinghaus

There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress. — Ernest K. Gann

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home. — Derek Jeter

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series. — Hermann Ebbinghaus

Did you know that lack of information is the number one barrier to wealth? — Robert Kiyosaki

For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, "Can I believe this?", but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, "Must I believe this? — Thomas Gilovich

Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests. — Alexander Stille