The young must learn to appreciate the wisdom of elderly people and learn from their life experiences.
— Lailah Gifty Akita(Joan,1941) She wrote me a letter 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.
— Richard FeynmanYou can be an expert any field of study with consistent effort and consistent learning.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaDare to learn.Dare to relearn.Dare to outlearn.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaThe love for books is a paradise.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaBooks are more to treasure than cars.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaI'd hoped for someone who was remarkably intelligent, but disadvantaged by home circumstance, someone who only needed an hour's extra tuition a week to become some kind of working-class prodigy. I wanted my hour a week to make the difference between a future addicted to heroin and a future studying English at Oxford. That was the sort of kid I wanted, and instead they'd given me someone whose chief interest was in eating fruit. I mean, what did he need to read for? There's an international symbol for the gents' toilets, and he could always get his mother to tell him what was on television.
— Nick HornbyThe best way to teach a child is live an exemplary life.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaLearn to discover your divine potential.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaWe are capable of learning.
— Lailah Gifty Akita