“Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.”
Justina Chen (1968) American writer
Source: North of Beautiful
Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html
“Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.”
Justina Chen (1968) American writer
Source: North of Beautiful
“The deeper education consists in unlearning one's first education.”
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Source: An Anthology
“The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.”
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924–1994) Austrian-born philosopher of science
“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.”
Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator and philosopher
“Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Source: Notebook
Source: Mark Twain's Notebook (1935), p. 346
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[10187@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990
Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism
“What is liberal education,” p. 6
Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968)
François Bernier (1620–1688) French physician and traveller
Quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 5
Travels in the Mogul Empire (1656-1668)
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist