“It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing. We find it easier to add a new study or course or kind of school than to recognize existing conditions so as to meet the need. strangled the holy curious of inquiry. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” IfsThinkingNeedsKindMeanStoriesSchoolCoursesMistakeEducationStudySeeingConditionsDutyHabitEasierHolyFoundationStructureWingsAddEducationalGravesCuriousEnjoymentInquiryCoercion Author:Albert Einstein
“A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before. To speak the truth is the most difficult thing in the world; one must study a great deal and for a long time in order to speak the truth. The wish alone is not enough. To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know.” KnowsMenWorldWantFirstsLongIdeasEnoughLyingCertainOrderSpeakWishDifficultGrowthResultsDealsStudyTruth IsLong TimeBuiltFoundationOneselfAcquireConceptionDifficult ThingsSpeak The Truth Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with human nature, and as conducing in the most unmistakable manner to the peace and tranquility of human existence.” HumansLittlesReasonWisdomAgeLawFoundPoliticsViewsCommonExistenceOpinionPrinciplesPracticeEconomyStudyMankindHuman NatureOppositesFoundationPropertyCarefulLiberalismAffectedDivisionConformityOwnershipTranquilityLaws Of NatureHuman ExistencePeace And Tranquility Author:Pope Leo XIII
“I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations.” PhilosophyWantedStudyCivilizationFoundationAncientGreekLatinBroadsLifelongAncient Civilizations Author:Tim Blake Nelson
“The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.” PastIndividualNationsAbilityStudyVictoryFoundationLaysErrorsEmpowering Author:Aberjhani
“The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.” IfsFirstsArtStudyHorseFoundationRidingPrincipalHorsemenHorsemanshipCowboys And HorsesDressage Author:Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere
“Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.” MenMindHeartPracticeStudyMeditationReflectionFoundationLays Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author