From Heraclitus: “Much learning does not teach understanding.”
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Quote of the day 10/30/24
From Plutarch: “Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.”
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 10/14/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Enlightenment is man’s release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man’s inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! ‘HaveContinue reading “Quote of the day 10/14/24”
Quote of the day 10/10/24
From Mahatma Gandhi: “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
Quote of the day 10/01/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
Quote of the day 09/30/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;Attempting to compel others to believe andContinue reading “Quote of the day 09/30/24”
Quote of the day 09/27/24
From Rabindranath Tagore: “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”
Quote of the day 09/26/24
From Rabindranath Tagore: “The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.”
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