If you did not in your own mind distinguish between useful and erroneous information, then you were not learning at all, you were merely replacing ignorance with false belief, which was no improvement.

Orson Scott Card
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  2. Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own. - Michel De Montaigne

  3. But it's important to acknowledge that while we may make mistakes, in the long run, we may also learn from them. - Sarah Dessen

  4. One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed. - Richelle E. Goodrich

  5. The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. - Voltaire

More Quotes By Orson Scott Card
  1. In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way...

  2. Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.

  3. You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

  4. You're a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable.

  5. Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

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