The Transmutation of Ling
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)
“The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's time.”
Sydney J. Harris, as quoted in The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1989) by Robert Andrews; also quoted as: "...a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure."
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English biologist and comparative anatomist 1825–1895Related quotes
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter II: On discursiveness in reading
“Animal training may give one the means to make a living; liberal education gives living a meaning.”
Everett Dean Martin
(1880–1941)
Source: The Meaning of a Liberal Education (1926), p. 44
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
(1919–1974) Indian writer
During his scholarly lecture tours as a philosopher, in Ghana, quoted in "Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – A Princely scholar".
Sadhguru
(1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian
Isha Insights Magazine, Spring Edition 2009
Sourced from newspapers and magazines
Context: The basic purpose of life and the basic purpose of education is to enhance one’s boundaries of perception. I don’t want the children to just survive after ten years of schooling here. They must blossom and flower wherever they go. -Sadhguru (on Isha Vidhya rural education project)
Saddam Hussein
(1937–2006) Iraqi politician and President
" Women: One Half of Our Society http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Women_-_One_half_of_our_society" (1981).
Source: The Revolution and Woman in Iraq
Context: The complete emancipation of women from the ties which held them back in the past, during the ages of despotism and ignorance, is a basic aim of the Party and the Revolution. Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.
