Learning Leads To Growth

 

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

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

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

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Open Minds

Reason
    

Open Your Mind

 

Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Further reading: Cultivate Awareness

New Ideas

The Art of Seeing

You are the Window

Honor Your Roots
    

Learning is Growth

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

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

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

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Open Minds

Reason
    

Keep an Open Mind

Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Further reading: Cultivate Awareness

New Ideas

The Art of Seeing

You are the Window

Honor Your Roots
    

Never Stop Learning

 

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

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

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

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Open Minds

Reason
    

Open Your Mind

 

Let today be a day to break with convention,
to try out new ideas and ways of living.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Further reading: Cultivate Awareness

New Ideas

The Art of Seeing

You are the Window

Honor Your Roots
    

Never Stop Learning

 

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

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

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

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Open Minds

Reason
    

Open Mind, Open Heart

 

Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.

I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Further reading: Cultivate Awareness

New Ideas

The Art of Seeing

You are the Window

Honor Your Roots
    

Choose Lifelong Learning and Growth

 

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

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

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

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Open Minds

Reason
    

New Ideas and Ways of Living

Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.

I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Further reading: Cultivate Awareness

New Ideas

The Art of Seeing

You are the Window

Honor Your Roots
    

Never Cease to Seek New Understanding

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

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

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

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do, you will never cease to grow.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Open Minds

Reason
    

Is my mind open?

I don't need other people to have an open mind.
The crucial question is "Is my mind open?"
- Byron Katie

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.

Further reading: New Ideas

You are the Window

The Art of Seeing

Honor Your Roots

Cultivate Awareness
    

Never Stop Learning

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

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

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

Further reading: Lifelong Learning

Open Minds

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Reason
    

VOTE TOMORROW!

VOTE TOMORROW!

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.

Further reading: New Ideas

You are the Window

The Art of Seeing

Honor Your Roots

Cultivate Awareness
    

Fire of the Mind

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
    

Welcome Progress

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
- Charles Kettering (1876-1958 - holder of 186 US Patents, including the automotive electric starter)

The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

I can't understand why people
are frightened by new ideas.
I'm frightened of old ones.
- John Cage

Ideas, yes.
Inspiration, yes.
Creativity, yes.
Planning, yes.
Perseverance, yes.
More perseverance, yes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Wise men put their trust in ideas
and not in circumstances
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Incite a riot of new ideas.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Cheer for Endings

Progress

Flexibility

A Better Plan
    

Mind Stretched by New Ideas

The human mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never returns to its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar,
you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
- Charles Kettering

Few new truths have ever won their way
against the resistance of established ideas
save by being overstated.
- Isaiah Berlin

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.
- Alfred North Whitehead

Let today be a day to break with convention,
and try out new ideas and ways of living.

Further reading: You are the Window

Cultivate Awareness

The Art of Seeing

New Ideas

Honoring Our Roots
    

Save Only the Best of the Old Ways

Honor tradition AND question tradition.
Tradition is like a second-hand store.
It is best to sort carefully between the treasures and the trash.
See everything with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.
Our best institutions are like young trees growing
upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
- Henry Ward Beecher

The fairest thing in nature, a flower,
still has its roots in earth and manure.
- David Herbert Lawrence

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones;
to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.
- Thomas Jefferson

What old people say you cannot do, you try,
and find that you can.
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
- Henry David Thoreau

Its not that we need new ideas,
but we need to stop having old ideas.
- Edwin Land

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well.
What comes back is a new morning every day in the year,
and that's better.
- George Edward Woodberry

Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery -
courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards.
- James Robinson

Further reading: Perspective on Tradition: An Open Mind

Roots

Thinking for Yourself

Memories
   

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
    

A Riot of New Ideas

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
- Charles Kettering (1876-1958 - holder of 186 US Patents, including the automotive electric starter)

I can't understand why people
are frightened by new ideas.
I'm frightened of old ones.
- John Cage

Wise men put their trust in ideas
and not in circumstances
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Incite a riot of new ideas.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Ideas, yes.
Inspiration, yes.
Creativity, yes.
Planning, yes.
Perseverance, yes.
More perseverance, yes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Progress

Cheer for Endings

A Better Plan

Flexibility