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“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.”

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.”

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.”

“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”

“Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.”

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

“In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

“Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture.”

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”