The mind is not a vessel to be filled,
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.
- William Butler Yeats
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
Intellectual growth should commence at birth
and cease only at death.
- Albert Einstein
Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed
Open Minds
Lifelong Learning
Reason
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