There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying beetle that gets rid of what is dead, and, since the world lives by creative and… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
Theories are more common than achievements in the history of education. — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
There are few greater treasures to be acquired in youth than great poetry-and prose-stored in the memory. At the time one may resent the… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great literature learnt by heart. — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
“The test of successful education is not the amount of knowledge that pupils take away from school, but their appetite to know and their… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
Everyone has a vocation by which he earns his living, but he also has a vocation in an older sense of the word-the vocation… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
One is apt to think of moral failure as due to weakness of character: more often it is due to an inadequate ideal. — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
Our danger is not too few, but too many options ... to be puzzled by innumerable alternatives. — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in being uncritical; nor is it a habit to which the young are given. But criticism is only the burying… — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
