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The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.
I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.
A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity read more
A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world.
A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].
A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the read more
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. -Mahatma Gandhi.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the read more
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.
