“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch
Quotes
Quotation Monday #69: Education
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ― Jane Austen
Quotation Monday #68: Educators
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. ― C.S. Lewis
Quotation Monday #67: Friendship
“Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: “What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”” C. S. Lewis
Quotation Monday #66: Exams
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact. ― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
Quotation Monday #65: Summer
Bed in Summer In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people’s feet Still going past me in… Continue reading Quotation Monday #65: Summer
Quotation Monday #64: Constitution
The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure. ― Albert Einstein
Quotation Monday #63: Love
True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore ; this is the second of our reign. ― John Donne, The Complete English Poems
Quotation Monday #62: Anniversaries
“An anniversary is the perfect time to celebrate all the missed opportunities to correct a mistake, and even take vows to renew it.” ― Bauvard, Evergreens Are Prudish