…it’s not just learning that’s important. It’s learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.
Norton JusterTags: education learning phantom-tollbooth
But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for.
Norton JusterTags: life
You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?
Norton JusterTags: wry
You must excuse my gruff conduct,” the watchdog said, after they’d been driving for some time, “but you see it’s traditional for watchdogs to be ferocious.
Norton JusterTags: time-management software-engineering
But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help."
"That may be true," said Reason gravely,"but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
And remember, also...that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
Norton Juster... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.
Norton JusterTags: inspirational education curiosity pure-science
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.
Norton JusterTags: truth
They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.
Norton JusterIt's very much like you're trying to reach Infinity. You know it's there, but you just don't know where--but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.
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