“Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those whose whole careers have been spent in ivy-covered buildings, insulated by tenure, can remain adolescents on into their golden retirement years.” PeopleYearsHas BeensWholeRealityCareersBuildingGoldenEducatedCoveredRetirementIvyTenureRetirement Years Author:Thomas Sowell
“My subject is the educated imagination, and education is something that affects the whole person, not bits and pieces of him .” PersonsWholeBitsImaginationPiecesSubjectsEducatedBits And PiecesWhole Person Book:Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962 Source: Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962
“The whole realm of thought and opinion is utterly unsuited to public control; it ought to be as free, and as spontaneous as is possible. The state is justified in insisting that children shall be educated, but it is not justified in forcing their education to proceed on a uniform plan and to be directed to the production of a dead level of glib uniformity.” ChildrenStatesWholeLevelsOpinionPlansOughtProductionsEducatedRealmsUniformsSpontaneousJustifiedUniformityInsisting Book:Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18 Source: Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18
“God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem omniabsent. Everywhere, intelligent and educated people rely more and more on purely secular and scientific techniques for the solution of their problems. As science advances, belief in divine miracles and the efficacy of prayer becomes fainter and fainter.” PeopleMenWorldHas BeensWholeProblemSeemsBeliefForcePrayerAtheismDivineSolutionsMiracleIntelligentPositive AtheismTechniqueWhole WorldEducatedRelySecularEfficacyMan And Nature Author:Corliss Lamont