Becoming Wiser

The mind is not a vessel to be filled,
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch

We are not afraid to follow truth
wherever it may lead,
nor to tolerate any error
so long as reason is left free to combat it.
- Thomas Jefferson

Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.
- William Butler Yeats

Intellectual growth should commence at birth
and cease only at death.
- Albert Einstein

Half of everything you were ever taught is wrong;
the question is which half.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Open Minds

Reason

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Lifelong Learning