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.

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.”

14 Inspirational Movie Quotes for Entrepreneurs
Craig Cincotta
August 06, 2015
Entrepreneur

I love this. Why am I seeing dame Maggie Smith before my minds eye saying this?

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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.

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

"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives." - Robert Maynard Hutchins

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.

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.