„The basic stupidity of modern Japan is that we’ve learned absolutely nothing from our contact with other Asian peoples.“

— Haruki Murakami

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„Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.“
— Paulo Coelho
„Our nuclear power plants have undergone exhaustive study, and have been declared safe for any number of extreme contingencies. But when we see a crisis like the one in Japan, we have a responsibility to learn from this event, and to draw from those lessons to ensure the safety and security of our people.That’s why I’ve asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do a comprehensive review of the safety of our domestic nuclear plants in light of the natural disaster that unfolded in Japan.“
— Barack Obama
„Although we all make mistakes in life, the problems occur when we try to hide our mistakes, to cover them up rather than to learn from them and allow other people to learn from them.“
— Ben Carson
„Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that; s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base.“
— Ben Carson