Learning Is Limitless Quotes & Sayings

Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts. — Edmund Leach

If you're doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world. — Martha Beck

Mountains seem to answer an increasing imaginative need in the West. More and more people are discovering a desire for them, and a powerful solace in them. At bottom, mountains, like all wildernesses, challenge our complacent conviction - so easy to lapse into - that the world has been made for humans by humans. Most of us exist for most of the time in worlds which are humanly arranged, themed and controlled. One forgets that there are environments which do not respond to the flick of a switch or the twist of a dial, and which have their own rhythms and orders of existence. Mountains correct this amnesia. By speaking of greater forces than we can possibly invoke, and by confronting us with greater spans of time than we can possibly envisage, mountains refute our excessive trust in the man-made. They pose profound questions about our durability and the importance of our schemes. They induce, I suppose, a modesty in us. — Robert Macfarlane

But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position! — Anatoly Karpov

When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity. — Confucius

'The Magus,' usually described as a book for the young, is about learning that the world is a mysterious and limitless place, beyond our control, and all the more exciting - and daunting - because of it. — Sharon Bolton

Personally, I find the idea that women are supposed to "love" shopping bizarre - nearly every woman I know wants to cry after 45 minutes of trawling the high street looking for a shirt and hits the gin with alacrity upon the sad occasions when jeans have to be found. — Caitlin Moran

I heard this story once," she said, "where this bloke got locked up for years and years and he learned amazin' stuff about the universe and everythin' from another prisoner who was incredibly clever, and then he escaped and got his revenge."
"What incredibly clever stuff do you know about the universe, Gytha Ogg?" said Granny.
"Bugger all," said Nanny cheerfully.
"Then we'd better bloody well escape right now. — Terry Pratchett

Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius. — Michael J. Gelb

If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless. — Jay Sidhu

Blessed is the man who devotes his life to something bigger than himself and finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible. — Richard Steele