Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share Image
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
“You have not grasped a complex unity if all you know about it is how it is one. You must also know how it… — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness.… — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
“The viewer of television, the listener to radio, the reader of magazines, is presented with a whole complex of elements—all the way from ingenious… — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
“we can learn only from our “betters.” We must know who they are and how to learn from them.” — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
“Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.” — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
“Full ownership of a book only comes when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a… — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be. — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I… — Charles Van Doren Copy Share
