Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-06-06 Jun 6, 2003There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.~ Elie WieselThe function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it passes for acceptance of an idea.~ Justice William O. DouglasTo preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom.~ Thomas Jefferson Jun 5, 2003Once the mind has been stretched by a new idea, it will never again return to its original size.~ Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.~ Lyman BeecherThe only way to learn is by changing your mind.~ Orson Scott Card Jun 4, 2003Only the educated are free.~ EpictetusBetter be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.~ AesopBy nature men are pretty much alike; it is learning and practice that set them apart.~ Confucius Jun 3, 2003Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.~ Abigail AdamsSay not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.~ The MishnahThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.~ William Shakespeare Jun 2, 2003Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.~ HoraceOne evening, when I was yet in my nurse’s arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily... My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but my mother said 'Let him touch it.' So I touched it -- and that was my first lesson in the meaning of liberty.~ John RuskinThe purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.~ Peter McWilliams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print