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“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
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“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
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“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.”
― The Pleasures of Life
― The Pleasures of Life
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
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“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Book Club, Business, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Politics, and Science
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