“A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.” ResultsExcellenceActiveMindsetManagePassiveMediocre Author:Orrin Woodward
“A convention is a social pattern we have chosen to prefer over whatever the raw world simply proffers. It is a sign of the operation of the mind, drawing the assent of a sufficient number of other minds so that the agreement will be widely operative. A convention is not a custom; a custom is a habit in which a sufficient number acquiesce. A custom can appear as a convention, but it is really a lesser act, the result of passive acceptance rather than of the imposition of design. It is the difference between learning to live by the annual flooding of the river or by a calendar.” WorldMindSocialDifferencesResultsNumbersDesignAcceptanceHabitRiversPatternsDrawingChosenOperationsSufficientAgreementLive ByCustomsConventionsPassiveCalendarsAnnualsFloodingImposition Author:A. Bartlett Giamatti
“The result of teaching small parts of a large number of subjects is the passive reception of disconnected ideas, not illumed with any spark of vitality.” IdeasResultsNumbersTeachingSubjectsSparksPassiveVitalityLarge NumbersDisconnectedSmall PartsReception Book:Aims of Education Source: Aims of Education