Monday, March 02, 2015

Quote of the day........

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet 

broke a chain or freed a human soul.

-- Mark Twain
[Samuel Langhorne Clemens1835-1910]

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Reaching consensus in a group is often 

confused with finding the right answer.

-- Norman Mailer(1923-2007) American novelist, 
journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, 
screenwriter, and film director.

Quote of the Day.........

There is a principle which is a bar against

all information,

which is a proof against all argument, and

which cannot fail to keep a man

in everlasting ignorance --

that principle is condemnation

before investigation.

-- Herbert Spencer(1820-1903) .
British author, economist, philosopher

Quote of the day.....

Education is not to reform students or 

amuse them or to make them expert technicians. 

It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, 

inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, 

if possible.

-- Robert M. Hutchins (1899-1977).

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"The capacity to learn is a gift; 

The ability to learn is a skill; 

The WILLINGNESS to learn is a choice.

-- Unknown