Tag Archives: Learning

Imam Al-Ghazali (via poeticislam)

Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.

Posted in Blog | Leave a comment | September 19, 2011

caloused finger tips

I am learning to play the guitar and there is something intensely satisfying about the callouses I am developing on my finger tips. It feels as though I am earning something. Something hard. Something ugly. Something rough on a more …

Posted in Blog, My Thoughts | 77 Comments | June 7, 2009

an ego

Ok, so pride is the greatest limitation in the world. I set out to be wonderful and present in everything I do and yet because of this confusion I have with my image, it is almost impossible for me to …

Posted in Blog, My Thoughts | 76 Comments | May 15, 2009

…On Change…

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. by …

Posted in Blog | 149 Comments | September 25, 2007

Eternal Learning

It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn. by Hannah More Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. by John Dewey I noticed recently that I have a tendency to say …

Posted in My Thoughts | 92 Comments | July 16, 2007