There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and constructive forces, and not by negation and destruction, it is better to grow up in the company of prophets than of critics.
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Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at
all.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -Galileo Galilei.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any read more
Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
I've never let my school interfere with my education.
I've never let my school interfere with my education.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
