“What was educationally significant and hard to measure has been replaced by what is educationally insignificant and easy to measure. So now… — Angela Provitera-McGlynn Copy Share Image
The most beautiful experience in the world is the experience of the mysterious. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“you see it.” Gurdjieff, a great spiritual teacher who taught in Europe and America in the early decades of the twentieth century,… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
No one can know how long this dumbing-down of American religion will persist. But so long as it does, citizens should probably… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
Mathematics may, like poetry or music, "promote and sustain a lofty habit of mind." — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Realism as a foreign policy doctrine means basically you don't care about values; you consider them a luxury, and it leads to… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It's been my habit of mind, over these years, to understand that every situation in which human beings are involved can be… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“How to win in life: 1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow 5 don't let people… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
People complain that the religious ground is unsure who have never compelled themselves to examine it with a tithe of the care… — Peter Forsyth Copy Share Image
In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Diversity… is not polite accommodation. Instead, diversity is, in action, the sometimes painful awareness that other people, other races, other voices, other… — William Chase Copy Share Image
A society which makes provision for participation in its good of all its members on equal terms and which secures flexible readjustment… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Tocqueville saw that the life of constant action and decision which was entailed by the democratic and businesslike character of American life… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
To put it simply, we need to keep the arts in education because they instill in students the habits of mind that… — Rod Paige Copy Share Image
“6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break: 1. Stop stressing 2. Stop worrying 3. Give rest to the problems weighing you… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“One can only agree with the general argument that generating more interest in the scientific enterprise would be helpful in these regards.… — Thomas Gilovich Copy Share Image
We need to break free from the habits of mind and behavior, to discover the possibilities of who we can become. — Larry Brooks Copy Share Image