“To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.”
Podobne cytaty:
- Literature is the …
“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.”
- I’ve never known …
“I’ve never known any trouble that an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.”
- Repression is not …
“Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason.”
- A truly great …
“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
- The arts must …
“The arts must be considered an essential element of education… They are tools for living life reflectively, joyfully and with the ability to shape the future.”