The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons and the true teacher is the learner.
The learner always begins by finding fault but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.
We are by nature observers and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally there are exceptions... the Jewish Italian and Irish humor of the East Coast.