I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor accomplishes this by opening to his pupils precisely the attractions the study has for himself.…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Awakening Quotes

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.