University of East London - Sustainability Research Institute
Sustainability Research Institute
University of East London - Sustainability Research Institute
Established in 2001, the SRI was one of the first dedicated sustainability research institutes in the UK and we have since built an excellent international reputation by applying our ground breaking research and development in the real world.
University of East London - Sustainability Research InstituteRoyal Docks Centre for SustainabilityUEL Docklands Campus, 4-6 University WayLondonE16 2RDUnited Kingdom Get
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"Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life."
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
"Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get."
"Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less."
"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."
"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."
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"Much to learn, you still have."
"All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher."
"I had six honest men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who."
"You cannot open a book without learning something."
"Gold has a price, but learning is priceless."
"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."
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"Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning."
"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
"For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head."
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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
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"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."
"Education is the movement from darkness to light."
"We are born not to be perfect, but to learn and reflect from imperfections"
"Learning never exhausts the mind."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."
"Light up the darkness."
"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information."
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
"I am still learning."
"It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play."
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited."
"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."
"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."
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"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"Education is not preparation; education is life itself."
"You do not learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and falling over."
"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
