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“We have inherited from our forefathers the keen
longing for unified, all-embracing knowledge.”
― What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
longing for unified, all-embracing knowledge.”
― What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
“I feel as though I were living in a world of strange beings — do you? It’s people that make things so — silly. As long as you can keep away from them you’re safe and you’re happy.”
― The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
― The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
“The eyes of the young are drawn to the stars, and the spirit of youth is seldom earth-bound.”
― The Well of Loneliness
― The Well of Loneliness
“Why isn't one taught how to be loved? Why isn't one taught anything?”
― All Hallows' Eve
― All Hallows' Eve
“For self-educated scientists and thinkers such as Charles Darwin, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Leonardo-da-Vinci, Michael Faraday, myself and many others, education is a relentless voyage of discovery. To us education is an everlasting quest for knowledge and wisdom.”
― The Education Decree
― The Education Decree
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