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* Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

* Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Usually attributed, incorrectly, to Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 BCE)

:Usually attributed, incorrectly, to Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 BCE)

* Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.  

* Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.  

Attributed to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616)

:Attributed to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616)

==Socrates (c. 469 BC–399 BC)==

==Socrates (c. 469 BC–399 BC)==

* Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

* Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

** ''Meditations'', II, 7

:''Meditations'', II, 7

* Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἀλλήλων ἕνεκεν· ἢ δίδασκε οὖν ἢ φέρε.

* Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἀλλήλων ἕνεκεν· ἢ δίδασκε οὖν ἢ φέρε.

** All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them.

:All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them.

*** VIII, 56 (trans. Meric Casaubon)

:VIII, 56 (trans. Meric Casaubon)

** Variant: Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.

:Variant: Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.

*** VIII, 59 (trans. George Long)

:VIII, 59 (trans. George Long)

==Charlemagne (January 29 745 – January 28, 814)==

==Charlemagne (January 29 745 – January 28, 814)==

* Quamvis enim melius sit benefacere quam nosse, prius tamen est nosse quam facere.

* Quamvis enim melius sit benefacere quam nosse, prius tamen est nosse quam facere.

**Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

:Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

**"De Litteris Colendis", in Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau De la philosophie scolastique (1850) p. 10; translation from T. H. Huxley Science and Education ([1893] 2007) p. 132

:"De Litteris Colendis", in Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau De la philosophie scolastique (1850) p. 10; translation from T. H. Huxley Science and Education ([1893] 2007) p. 132

Although indeed it would be better to do good than to know, first however comes knowing how to do it.—Mokurai's translation.

:Although indeed it would be better to do good than to know, first however comes knowing how to do it.—Mokurai's translation.

==Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)==

==Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)==

* Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

* Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

** Essais, Book I, ch. 32

:Essais, Book I, ch. 32

==Daniel Defoe (ca. 1659-1661–1731)==

==Daniel Defoe (ca. 1659-1661–1731)==

* If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

* If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

** Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey (6 January 1816) ME 14:384

:Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey (6 January 1816) ME 14:384

* Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

* Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

** Letter to Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (24 April 1816)

:Letter to Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (24 April 1816)

* I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.

* I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.

** Letter to William Charles Jarvis, (28 September 1820).

:Letter to William Charles Jarvis, (28 September 1820).

==Simon Bolivar (1783–1830)==

==Simon Bolivar (1783–1830)==

* Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

* Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

** [http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/1832.htm Communication to the People of Sangamo County] (9 March 1832)

:[http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/1832.htm Communication to the People of Sangamo County] (9 March 1832)

==Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)==

==Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)==

* Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

* Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

''A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated''<br>

:''A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated''<br>

First published anonymously in the Saturday Review (17 November 1894)

First published anonymously in the Saturday Review (17 November 1894)

* What the best and wisest parent wants for his child is what we should want for all the children of the community.

* What the best and wisest parent wants for his child is what we should want for all the children of the community.

** ''The School and Society'', 1900

:''The School and Society'', 1900

==John Alexander Smith (1863–1939)==

==John Alexander Smith (1863–1939)==

* Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

* Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

''The Outline of History'', Ch. 41 (1920)

:''The Outline of History'', Ch. 41 (1920)

Fiction and non-fiction writer, Socialist

Fiction and non-fiction writer, Socialist

==Gandhi (1869–1948)==

==Gandhi (1869–1948)==

* First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.<br>

* First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

[and then they claim it was their idea all along [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 01:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC)]

:[and then they claim it was their idea all along [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] 01:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC)]

* You must be the change you seek.

* You must be the change you seek.

For Heaven and the future's sakes.

For Heaven and the future's sakes.

''Two Tramps In Mudtime''

:''Two Tramps In Mudtime''

==Albert Einstein (1879–1955)==

==Albert Einstein (1879–1955)==

* You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

* You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

In Rebecca Herold, ''Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program'' (2005), 101.

:In Rebecca Herold, ''Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program'' (2005), 101.

* We like to think that a child's play is unconstrained—but when children appear to feel joyous and free, this may merely hide from their minds their purposefulness; you can see this more clearly when you attempt to drag them away from their chosen tasks. For they are exploring their worlds to see what's there, making explanations of what those things are, and imagining what else could be; exploring, explaining and learning are among a child's most purposeful urges and goals. The playfulness of childhood is the most demanding teacher we have. Never again in those children's lives will anything drive them to work so hard.

* We like to think that a child's play is unconstrained—but when children appear to feel joyous and free, this may merely hide from their minds their purposefulness; you can see this more clearly when you attempt to drag them away from their chosen tasks. For they are exploring their worlds to see what's there, making explanations of what those things are, and imagining what else could be; exploring, explaining and learning are among a child's most purposeful urges and goals. The playfulness of childhood is the most demanding teacher we have. Never again in those children's lives will anything drive them to work so hard.

''The Emotion Machine''

:''The Emotion Machine''

==Edward Mokurai Cherlin (born 1946)==

==Edward Mokurai Cherlin (born 1946)==

==Terry Pratchett (born 1948)==

==Terry Pratchett (born 1948)==

* When you light a fire for a man, you keep him warm for a night. When you set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life. (See Plutarch, above, if you don't get it.)

* When you light a fire for a man, you keep him warm for a night. When you set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life.  

:(See Plutarch, above, if you don't get it.)

==Douglas Adams (1952–2001)==

==Douglas Adams (1952–2001)==

* "And for all you unevolved lifeforms out there, the secret is, bang the rocks together, guys."&mdash;''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''

* "And for all you unevolved lifeforms out there, the secret is, bang the rocks together, guys."

:''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''

=Negative=

=Negative=

* It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

* It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

==Upton Sinclair (1878–1968)==

==Upton Sinclair (1878–1968)==