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"We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties."
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"There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective "knowing"; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our "concept" of this thing, our "objectivity," be."

"Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know."

"One of the most important gifts that you can give to yourself is the gift of self-education, that is the best way to grow on constant basis."

"Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively."

"Why must ignorance be destroyed? Because it is the number one destroyer of the people of God."

"Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands."
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"The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher."


"Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy."


"We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion."


"The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need."


"The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice."


"No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination."


"Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark."


"I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it."


"A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives."
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