Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
-Chanakya
Tag: Education
Educating the mind without educating the heart is…
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind…
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
Nothing in this world can take the place…
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge (30th US president, 1872-1933)
Education and Character
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
Aristotle