Intellectual growth Quotes

"Understanding itself is a dynamic and context-dependent process." "Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow" "By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own" "The good of a book lies in its being read." "Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts" "The wisest mind has something yet to learn." "The pursuit of knowledge is never-ending. The day you stop seeking knowledge is the day you stop growing." "We live through the books. Through them, we are able to function well as citizens of the world" "Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man." "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do and what you don't know." "It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself." "The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained." "Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt." "It's a sign of a democratic education to seek complexity" "It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."