Educational Enrichment Quotes

“In a world where education is predominantly verbal, highly educated people find it all but impossible to pay serious attention to anything but words and notions. There is always money for, there are always doctrines in, the learned foolery of research into what, for scholars, is the all-important problem: Who influenced whom to say what when? Even in this age of technology the verbal humanities are honoured. The non-verbal humanities, the arts of being directly aware of the given facts of our existence, are almost completely ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

“Down through the ages and in the whole world, Watt and Newton cannot have been the only ones to notice the steam from a boiling kettle or observe an apple fall. Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.”
― Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

“I had always insisted that a good education was a synthesis of book learning and involvement in social action, that each enriched the other. I wanted my students to know that the accumulation of knowledge, while fascinating in itself, is not sufficient as long as so many people in the world have no opportunity to experience that fascination.”
― Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

“A well rounded education never hurt anyone".

~R. Alan Woods [1999]”
― R. Alan Woods, The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

“Keep learning, keep learning!”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“មានរឿងរ៉ាវរបស់មនុស្សគិតរាក់ៗ បានប្រដៅថា មនុស្សត្រូវចេះស្គាល់ខ្លួនឯងឲ្យបានច្បាស់ ។ ត្រូវ!! គឺមនុស្សត្រូវតែស្គាល់ខ្លួនឯង ។ មនុស្សគិតរាក់ៗ និយាយថា ដើម្បីស្គាល់ខ្លួនឯង ត្រូវព្យាយាមរៀនសូត្រពីខ្លួនឯងនូវកំហុសរបស់ខ្លួន ហើយកែលម្អវា ។ ខ្ញុំថាពុទ្ធោ! អ្នកនិយាយនោះអត់ទាន់ស្គាល់ខ្លួនឯងសូម្បីបន្តិច ។ អ្នកប្រាជ្ញព្រះធម៌ បានចង្អុលបង្ហាញថា ដើម្បីឈានដល់វិស័យនៃការស្គាល់ខ្លួនឯង គឺមនុស្សត្រូវរស់នៅជាមួយបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពនៃខ្លួនឯង មានន័យថា តាំងសតិស្ទង់វេទនា វេទនា ពិនិត្យដង្ហើម ពិនិត្យដង្ហើម ជាដរាប អនិច្ចំៗ ទុក្ខំៗ អនត្តា តាមដំណើរហ្នឹងទៅ។ ខ្ញុំដឹងនិងយល់ថាខ្ញុំគឺជាអង្គចងចាំ បើគ្មានអង្គចងចាំ សល់តែសម្បកកាយ នុះវាមិនមែនជាខ្ញុំទេ។ ខ្ញុំយល់ដល់មួយដំណាក់ទៀតថា ខ្ញុំគឺជាការពាល់ត្រូវ គឺបើអ្នកក្ដិចអ្នកដទៃម្ដេចនឹងខ្ញុំឈឺ តែបើក្ដិចសាច់របស់ខ្ញុំ ខ្ញុំនឹងឈឺ ខ្ញុំពាល់ត្រូវ ដូច្នោះពាល់ត្រូវទើបជាខ្ញុំ។ ខ្ញុំយល់ដល់មួយដំណាក់ទៀតថា គ្មានខ្ញុំ គ្មានអញអីទេ គឺបើបែកធ្លាយរូបកាយនេះទៅ សល់តែទិន្នន័យ វាគ្មានធាតុពាល់ត្រូវអីទាំងអស់ គឺថាបើអ្នកទៅទាត់ទិន្នន័យមួយជើង តើទិន្នន័យស្រែកថាឈឺឬទេ ។ ទិន្នន័យជាថាមពល ច្បាស់ណាស់ថាវាមិនមានឈឺអីទេ ដូច្នេះវាគ្មានអញទេ ។ ប៉ុន្តែវាស្ថិតនៅត្រឹមថ្នាក់ប្រាជ្ញាឈ្លាសវៃប៉ុណ្ណោះ ខ្ញុំពុំទាន់ពាល់ត្រូវវានៅឡើយ ។”
― Thai Kimleang

“Not all students will become scientists, but all students need to think scientifically.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“This is not a how-to book.
It is a how-to-think-about-how-to book.
In it I bombard you with images and metaphors with never a photograph or diagram in sight. Your mind's eye will create all the images in this text, and each mind is unique. Getting these, and other images, down on paper will provide you with fun, frustration, joy and despair. Like life,”
― Judith Mason, The Mind's Eye: An Introduction to Making Images

“Hope is a stowaway that travels with serving. It may not be seen or even imagined, but it's there working in concert with serving, doing its therapeutic part. And here's the bonus--hope last longer and offers to produce additional results.”
― David W Crocker