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“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”
“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”
“The past has no power over the present moment.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times was till I left, but I guess that's the way of it”
“Often, its not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but dont know how to be.”
“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.”
“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
“Progress just means bad things happen faster.”
“Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a time...”
“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
“Let us pick up our books and our pens, I said. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”
“Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?”
“By 20, you should be smart. By 30, you should be strong. By 40, you should be rich. By 50, you should be wise. But if you are smart, strong, rich and wise, you don't need any age limits.”
“Eragon looked back at him, confused. "I don't understand.""Of course you don't," said Brom impatiently. "That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.”
“Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.”
“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.”
“I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building.”
“What grinds me the most is we're sending kids out into the world who don't know how to balance a checkbook, don't know how to apply for a loan, don't even know how to properly fill out a job applic...”
