- On the industrialization of education and its effects on creativity: "There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing a debt, which traps students and young people into a life of conformity… That’s the exact opposite of [what] traditionally comes out of The Enlightenment. And there’s a constant struggle between those. In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?”
On technology: "Technology is basically neutral. It’s kind of like a hammer. The hammer doesn’t care whether you use it to build a house, or whether a torturer uses it to crush somebody’s skull.”
On the importance of having a framework for what matters when engaging with the the information economy: "You can’t pursue any kind of inquiry without a relatively clear framework that’s directing your search and helping you choose what’s significant and what isn’t… If you don’t have some sort of a framework for what matters — always, of course, with the provisor that you’re willing to question it if it seems to be going in the wrong direction — if you don’t have that, exploring the Internet is just picking out the random factoids that don’t mean anything… You have to know how to evaluate, interpret, and understand… The person who wins the Nobel Prize is not the person who read the most journal articles and took the most notes on them. It’s the person who knew what to look for. And cultivating that capacity to seek what’s significant, always willing to question whether you’re on the right track — that’s what education is going to be about, whether it’s using computers and the Internet, or pencil and paper, or books.”
On influence and creating the right micro-culture to foster creativity: 'It’s the way cultural progress takes place generally. Classical artists, for example, came out of a tradition of craftsmanship that was developed over long periods, with master artisans and others, and sometimes, you can rise on their shoulders and create new marvelous things. But it doesn’t come from nowhere. If there isn’t a lively cultural and educational system, which is geared towards encouraging creative exploration, independence of thought, willingness to cross frontiers, to challenge accepted beliefs… if you don’t have that, you’re not going to get the technology that could lead to economic gains.”
On the whimsy of inquiry: "Passing tests doesn’t begin to compare with searching and inquiring and pursuing topics that engage us and excite us. That’s far more significant than passing tests and, in fact, if that’s the kind of educational career you’re given the opportunity to pursue, you will remember what you discovered.”
- Tko ne zna, a ne zna da ne zna,
opasan je - izbjegavajte ga!
Tko ne zna, a zna da ne zna,
dijete je - naučite ga!
Tko zna, a ne zna da zna,
spava - probudite ga!
Tko zna i zna da zna,
mudar je - slijedite ga!
Konfucije
These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.
Anthony de Mello
Razlika između onoga što ste danas i onoga što ćete biti za pet godina zavisiće od kvaliteta knjiga koje budete pročitali.
Jim Rohn
Change is the end result of all true learning.
Leo Buscaglia
Svi su cvjetovi budućnosti u sjemenu sadašnjosti.
Kineska
Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
Jim Rohn
Obrazovanje je skupo, ali je neznanje još skuplje.
Claus Moser
- "The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.”
- Moj autoritet temelji se isključivo na spoznaji o tome koliko malo znam. Socrat
- "Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
- Kako često roditelji i škola postignu samo to da su naše glave pune znanja, a o razumnom mišljenju i dobroti nema traga. Montaigne
- "We learn from failure, not from success!”
- Učenje bez razmišljanja je prazno, razmišljanje bez učenja je opasno. Lao Tse
- "Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
Ne predaje učitelj ono što želi,
ne predaje učitelj ono što zna,
učitelj predaje ono što jest.
- "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
Djeca ne uzimaju u obzir životno iskustvo svojih roditelja,
a nacije ignoriraju povijest.
Najteže se lekcije moraju uvijek iznova učiti.
Albert Einstein
"If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.”
"Važno je učenje. Ko je učitelj, nije važno.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti, indijski filozof
"I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me.”
"Ko hoće da uči, svuda nađe školu.”
Njemačka poslovica
"Nije sramota ništa ne znati; sramota je ništa ne učiti.”
Latinska poslovica
