Favorite Quotes
"A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension." Oliver Wendell Holmes
"He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot, is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave." Lord Byron
"The vital habits of democracy: the ability to follow an argument, grasp the point of view of another; expand the boundaries of understanding, debate the alternative purposes that might be pursued." John Dewey
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin
"Of all the civil rights for which the world has struggled and fought for 5,000 years, the right to learn is undoubtedly the most fundamental." W. E. B. DuBois
"Are you willing to sign your name to what you have written? To present yourself in public--whether it matters to anyone else or not--as such a person?" Richard A. Lanham
"Writing, properly pursued, does not make you better. It makes you more alive." Richard A. Lanham
"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." Samuel Johnson
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." Malcolm Forbes