John Ruskin
View AuthorTo educate a child is not to make them learn something they didn't know, but to make of them someone who didn't exist.
John Ruskin
View AuthorA good book is not only written to multiply and transmit the voice, but also to perpetuate it.
John Ruskin
View AuthorAll books can be divided into two classes: books of the moment and books for all time.
John Ruskin
View AuthorDo not teach children anything of which you are not absolutely sure. It's better for them to ignore a thousand truths than to know a single lie.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorMathematics can be defined as that subject about which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe conclusion is that we know very little, and yet it is amazing how much we know. Even more amazing is that such little knowledge can yield so much power.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorHow much pleasure is obtained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand Russell
View AuthorThe world needs open minds and hearts, and these cannot be derived from rigid systems, whether old or new.
Saint Teresa of Jesus
View AuthorRead and you will drive, don't read and you will be driven.
Saint Teresa of Jesus
View AuthorThe untilled land will bear thorns and thistles even though it may be fertile; so is the understanding of man.
José Saramago
View AuthorWords are just stones placed across the river's current. If they are there, it is so that we can reach the other bank, the other bank is what matters.