Academia Quotes

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See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or n

See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the

To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.(, 8 September 1935)

Dorothy L. Sayers

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The only ethical principle which has made science possible i

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Truth Science Integrity Honesty Academia Lies Scholars Treason Values Falsification Veracity

If our lives in education have any meaning or significance,

If our lives in education have any meaning or significance, it will be in our reading the signs of the times and in educating the young of our times in the visions and values that will civilize and make for reasonable human progress and lasting peace on earth.

Theodore Hesburgh

Life Education Progress Academia

What is the matter with universities is that the students ar

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults.

George Bernard Shaw

Education Academia

One entered the world, Denis pursued, having ready-made idea

One entered the world, Denis pursued, having ready-made ideas about everything. One had a philosophy and tried to make life fit into it. One should have lived first and then made one's philosophy to fit life...Life, facts, things were horribly complicated; ideas, even the most difficult of them, deceptively simple. In the world of ideas, everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled. Was it surprising that one was miserable, horribly unhappy?

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Our education system has mined our minds in the way that we

Our education system has mined our minds in the way that we strip-mined the Earth for a particular commodity.

Sir Ken Robinson

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