Classical Education...

“Because the classical educator believes in a real world that gives up ordered knowledge of itself, he teaches the student how to get that knowledge. The seven liberal arts were quite deliberately developed for precisely that reason. Believing that we can know truth, and believing that truth sets us free, classical educators spent thousands of years refining the tools of truth-seeking that were used from the beginning of time, but were first codified by Aristotle."

- Andrew Kern, in "What is the Difference Between Classical and Conventional Education”

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Quotes to Live and Learn By...


It is funny how we always go searching for 'famous quotes' instead of pondering a topic and creating our own inspiration.  None-the-less, quotes are useful, even if they can become the lazy man's attempt at deep thought.

That said, here are some quotes to inspire clarity of belief:

"A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service."
-- Georges Pompidou
"The power of any language is the power to organize thought."
-- Robert Heckendorn
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
-- Albert Einstein
"Ultimately time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savor it"
-- Ellen Goodman

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