top of page
.png){kind=small}
"There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Criticism quotes
"They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Raise a hand to help and you were interfering, do nothing and you were an un-trustworthy wastrel."
"Ol, ol you have learnt something new, didn't you??So you are saying it again and again with smile like we are an idiots, but my question is did you understand it? Do you know what did you said, so you big peace of shit say something more to impress us, because this doesn't impress us."
"Criticism always produces negative reactions, but appreciation always creates positive actions."
"Even the slightest criticism of others is an impediment (hindrance) to Absolute Knowledge (Kevalgnan, Absolute Enlightenment). It also hinders Atmagnan (Knowledge of the Self), also hinders Samkit (Self-realization)."
"When I see the promotion of nighttime street lighting to the masses, I realize the great level of incompetence that is present in governments, human health and the biological effects of light."
"So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism."
Explore more quotes by Robert M. Hutchins
"Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view."
"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."
"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."
"This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault."
"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."
"To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect."
"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."
bottom of page