Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I am most peremptorily of opinion against putting children extremely forward. If they desire it themselves, I would not balk them, for… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
All education is despotism. It is perhaps impossible for the young to be conducted without introducing in many cases the tyranny implicit… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I know nothing worth the living for but usefulness and the service of my fellow-creatures. The only object I pursue is to increase, as… — William Godwin Copy Share
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually… — William Godwin Copy Share
In infamy, it is wisely provided that he who stands highest in the ranks of society has the heaviest load to sustain. — William Godwin Copy Share
No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them. — William Godwin Copy Share
Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. — William Godwin Copy Share
“Godwin on Fenelon and his Valet * Following is an excerpt from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Book II, Chapter II: “Of Justice”:… — William Godwin Copy Share
Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse. — William Godwin Copy Share
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility. — William Godwin Copy Share
During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors of greatest… — William Godwin Copy Share
Was ever a great discovery prosecuted or an important benefit conferred upon the human race by him who was incapable of standing and thinking… — William Godwin Copy Share
The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list;… — William Godwin Copy Share
Soundness of understanding is connected with freedom of enquiry; consequently, opinion should, as far as public security will admit, be exempted from restraint. — William Godwin Copy Share
Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a man at which nations tremble. — William Godwin Copy Share
“Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn… — William Godwin Copy Share
