From Plutarch: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
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Quote of the day 10/25/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “At last concluded that no creature was more miserable than man, for that all other creatures are content with those bounds that nature set them, only man endeavors to exceed them.”
Quote of the day 10/24/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will enjoy some of the ineffable share in the supreme good which draws everything into itself.”
Quote of the day 10/23/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
Quote of the day 10/22/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
Quote of the day 10/21/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
Quote of the day 10/20/24
From Homer: “Each man delights in the work that suits him best.”
Quote of the day 10/19/24
From Homer: “A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.”
Quote of the day 10/18/24
From Immanuel Kant: “How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.”
Quote of the day 10/17/24
From Immanuel Kant: “A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.”
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