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#223812 - 10/13/15 08:24 PM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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Plato on Socrates' trial: "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Oscar Wilde: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
The eminently quotable Winston Churchill: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
Churchill again: “I never worry about action, but only inaction.”
ETA: That's signature worthy.
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#223813 - 10/13/15 08:33 PM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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And, more comically/cynically, Lady Bracknell interviewing Jack in my favourite play by Oscar Wilde. The second half of her opinion exaggeratedly reflects mine on the current state of education:
“I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.”
“Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.”
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#224612 - 10/29/15 08:32 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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#224622 - 10/29/15 09:30 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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“Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.”
I love this. Why am I seeing dame Maggie Smith before my minds eye saying this?
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#224667 - 10/30/15 09:25 AM
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Interested individuals can sign up to receive a quote of the day from values.com. Each week, the quotes focus on a theme. This week's theme is grit.
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#224690 - 10/30/15 01:29 PM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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I always liked the little anecdotes, jokes and tongue-in-cheek proverbs put out by the old Unix fortune program that you could set yourself up to receive at every login.
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#225450 - 11/25/15 07:05 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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Just came across this one today, had to add:
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” — Plato
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#229695 - 04/20/16 12:51 AM
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"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." - Robert Maynard Hutchins
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#229696 - 04/20/16 03:38 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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The object of education? "Why, to make the child happy and useful!"
Betsy Trotwood, in "David Copperfield".
I've never read a better, or more succinct description. I like the order, too, but the emphasis should be almost equal.
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#229698 - 04/20/16 05:48 AM
Re: Quotations that resonate with gifted people
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Indeed, this was Miss Trotwood's stated motive in seeking "to put him to a school where he may be thoroughly well taught and well treated." How lovely that she valued having children well treated in their learning environment! The need for being well-treated in one's learning environment is a frequent topic on the forums and may be key to many things including a child being happy, becoming a life-long learner, and being a useful contributor to society.
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