All Quotes By Tag: Education

“Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?”

“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 timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself.”

“Try not to have a good time…this is supposed to be educational.”

“In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. ”

“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.”

“The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.”

“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”

“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.”

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

“Progress just means bad things happen faster.”

“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 being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of.”

“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan”

“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.”

“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.”