By seeking and blundering we learn.

The line condenses a pragmatic view of learning: knowledge is not primarily acquired through flawless planning but through active engagement, trial, and the inevitable mistakes that accompany experimentation. “Seeking” implies curiosity and purposeful striving; “blundering” acknowledges error as a normal, even necessary, companion to inquiry. The pairing suggests that progress depends on willingness to risk failure and to treat missteps as information rather than disgrace. In a Goethian spirit—valuing experience, development, and self-cultivation—the aphorism elevates process over perfection and frames education as iterative: we become competent by doing, erring, and revising.