Intellectual Growth Quotes

"The power to question is the basis of all human progress" "The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done" "Beware the man of a single book." "When I examine myself and my methods of thought I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge." "To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting" "The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think" "Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own" "The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts" "The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind " "It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others." "Understanding itself is a dynamic and context-dependent process." "Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow" "By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own" "Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts" "The wisest mind has something yet to learn." "The pursuit of knowledge is never-ending. The day you stop seeking knowledge is the day you stop growing." "We live through the books. Through them, we are able to function well as citizens of the world" "Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man."