115 Quotes About Studying
"学如逆水行舟,不进则退 / Studying is like rowing a bot upstream, not moving forward is to fall behind"
"... theory is good for you because studying it expands your mind... Specific technical knowledge, though useful today, becomes outdated in just a few years. Consider instead the abilities to think, to express yourself clearly and precisely, to solve problems, and to know when you haven’t solved a problem. These abilities have lasting value. Studying theory trains you in these areas."
"She wrote me a letter (Joan,1941) asking,"How can I read it?,Its so hard." I told her to start at the beginning and read as far as you can get until you're lost. Then start again at the beginning and keep working through until you can understand the whole book. And thats what she did"
"University, he said quietly. It sounded like a dream; it tasted like damnation."
"I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else."
"Just because you spent 4 years studying a subject doesn't mean you have to spend the rest 40 years suffering it."