John Adams on education

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

We’re in a war, dammit! We’re going to have to offend somebody!

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948

• Life & Death

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle384–322 BC

• Ideas

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Confucius551–479 BC

• Thinking