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“Is it too much to expect from the schools that they train their students not only to interpret but to criticize; that is, to discriminate what is sound from error and falsehood, to suspend judgemen...”
“Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.”
“Too much study wears the body. BUT the truth refreshes the soul, sustains the spirit for a beautiful body.”
“Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some obvious and useful truth in a few words.We frequently ...”
“Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.”
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by...”
“The holy knowledge is the fear of God.”
“But I have believed always and taught always that what God demands from man is his utmost effort to cooperate and understand. I have taught the imagination, first and most; I have made knowledge, k...”
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
“I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU.THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE IS NOT PISS YOURSELFOFF.”
“Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.”
“Education is no substitute for intelligence.”
“There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach pe...”
“Science is observing truth in the light of head. Religion is observing truth in the light of heart. Humanity is using both the lights. And education is developing that humanity.”
“While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise.”
“I would much rather be considered wise than smart. But, I still think it is wise to get an education.”
“Die Einsicht eines Menschen verleiht ihre Flgel keinem anderen.”
“Wenn [der Lehrer] wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern fhrt euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes.”
“To get a true education, going to school is not enough. School helps students gain knowledge; however, true education is in gaining wisdom, which can only be earned with experience.”
