The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish
the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill
it with the accumulation of others.
-- Tryon Edwards
the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill
it with the accumulation of others.
-- Tryon Edwards
Related:
- It is often asserted that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit.
In reality, however, formal education tends to restrain... - I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the
ridicule of others,
rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence... - I rather lose my CARRIER than
my mind... - Anyone with an active mind lives on tentatives
rather than tenets."
-
Robert... - I'd Rather Be Computing Than
COMMUTING... - High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
Tryon... - A scientist would rather use another scientist's toothbrush
than to use his terminology... - The most elusive knowledge is self-knowledge, and it is usually acquired through solitude,
rather than through interaction with others... - The true value of a civilization is reflected in its
artistic creations rather than in its scientific accomplishments...
From the same category:
- Send Clinton and company down the White Water
rapids... - I'm for bringing back spanking...
for consenting adults... - Somebody's moggy, by the side of the road,
Somebody's pussy,
who forgot his highway code, Somebody's favourite feline... - You can eat the whole cucumber, skin 'n' all.
--
Cucumbers are... - If thine enemy offend thee,
give his child a drum...
