Books Are Absent Teachers.

Education Is The Sum Total Of One's Experience, And The Purpose Of Higher Education Is To Widen Our Experiences Beyond The Circumscribed Existence Or Our Own Daily Lives.

The Best Protection Against Propaganda Of Any Sort Is The Recognition Of It For What It Is. Only Hidden And Undetected Oratory Is Really Insidious. What Reaches The Heart Without Going Through The Mind Is Likely To Bounce Back And Put The Mind Out Of Business. Propaganda Taken In That Way Is Like A Drug You Do Not Know You Are Swallowing. The Effect Is Mysterious; You Do Not Know Afterwards Why You Feel Or Think The Way You Do.

Aristotle Uses A Mother's Love For Her Child As The Prime Example Of Love Or Friendship.

If You Are Reading In Order To Become A Better Reader, You Cannot Read Just Any Book Or Article. You Will Not Improve As A Reader If All You Read Are Books That Are Well Within Your Capacity. You Must Tackle Books That Are Beyond You, Or, As We Have Said, Books That Are Over Your Head. Only Books Of That Sort Will Make You Stretch Your Mind. And Unless You Stretch, You Will Not Learn.

The Teacher's Role In Discussion Is To Keep It Going Along Fruitful Lines - Be Moderating, Guiding, Correcting And Arguing Like One More Students.