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In all education the main cause of failure is staleness



What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.



Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains



Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains



The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue



The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.



If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.



It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression



True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason



A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace.



It is not paradox to say that in our most theoretical moods we may be nearest to our most practical applications



Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.



The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.



Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.



Order is not sufficient. What is required, is something much more complex. It is order entering upon novelty; so that the massiveness of order does not degenerate into mere repetition; and so that the novelty is always reflected upon a background of system.








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