Become a life-long learner and the world will never cease to be interesting

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Criticizing someone who is trying is a negative response. Criticizing someone who is learning is a failure to see the path being made and the road behind them. 

A man who came to his old master was surprised to see his fellow student still studying with his master. When he asked why the student wasn't able to master the lessons and readings, the master asked back who has been studying for all these years and who has went on and forgotten some to the lessons learned. 


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