I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society.

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The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future,...

The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future,...

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned...

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned...

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

The ability to sign a cheque is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.

The ability to sign a cheque is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to...

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

I think all students start off with incredible ability and curiosity, and if they're given...

I think all students start off with incredible ability and curiosity, and if they're given...

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it...

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds...

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds...