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“Whose school-hours are all the days and nights of our existence.”

School Night Hours Existence Education Day And Night School Hours

Book:Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825): Life of John Sterling (1851)

Source: Life of Friedrich Schiller (1825): Life of John Sterling (1851)

“Into what boundless life, does education admit us. Every truth gained through it expands a moment of time into illimitable being--positively enlarges our existence, and endows us with qualities which time cannot weaken or destroy.”

Doe Moments Existence Education Quality Positively Boundless

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Our teaching of mathematics revolves around a fundamental conflict. Rightly or wrongly, students are required to master a series of mathematical concepts and techniques, and anything that might divert them from doing so is deemed unnecessary. Putting mathematics into its cultural context, explaining what is has done for humanity, telling the story of its historical development, or pointing out the wealth of unsolved problems or even the existence of topics that do not make it into school textbooks leaves less time to prepare for the exam. So most of these things aren't discussed.”

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

“Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.”

Knows Men Way Life Philosophy Reading Literature Interesting Healing Existence Education Know How Educational Every Man Significant

Book:Complete Essays: 1926-1929

Source: Complete Essays: 1926-1929

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”

Life Inspirational Giving Doe Peace Existence Education Our Lives Information Highest Harmony Life Lesson Peace And Harmony Peace Harmony

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence.”

Believe Humans Whole School I Believe Existence Education Learning Schooling Human Existence Unschooling School Days Common Decency

Book:Mencken Chrestomathy

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“Perfection never exists in reality, but only in our dreams.”

Dream Reality Existence Education Perfection Educational Our Dreams Psychiatrist Pursuit Of Perfection

Book:The Challenge of Marriage

Source: The Challenge of Marriage

“The education of the will is the object of our existence.”

School Existence Education Objects Educational

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)