“The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was created capable of being.”

sec. 4
Parallel Lives, Caesar

Source: De Veritate (On Truth) q. 1, art. 2, ad 4

Quoted in Gently And Firmly By C.P. Varkey, p. 87

As We May Think (1945)
Context: Professionally our methods of transmitting and reviewing the results of research are generations old and by now are totally inadequate for their purpose. If the aggregate time spent in writing scholarly works and in reading them could be evaluated, the ratio between these amounts of time might well be startling. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought, even in restricted fields, by close and continuous reading might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call. Mendel's concept of the laws of genetics was lost to the world for a generation because his publication did not reach the few who were capable of grasping and extending it; and this sort of catastrophe is undoubtedly being repeated all about us, as truly significant attainments become lost in the mass of the inconsequential.

Source: Disturbing the Peace (1986), Ch. 5 : The Politics of Hope, p. 111

The Task of Social Hygiene, ch. 1 (1912)

Source: Organizational Culture and Leadership, 1985, p. 2

Above two quotes of Achuthanandan cited in 20 March 2009, 13 December 2013, The Hindu http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/20/stories/2009032059610300.htm, <br class="br">About E.M.S.