"Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings……" — Ernest L. Boyer

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit. - Ernest L. Boyer

"Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit."

— Ernest L. Boyer

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21 Quotes by Ernest L. Boyer

Ernest L. Boyer has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the…
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first…
The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should…
We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this…
Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held…
I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.
In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private…
Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And…
To put it simply, school readiness means creating in this country a public love of children.
Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems…
The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the…
Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go…

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This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest… — Gerard Arpey
In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part… — John James Audubon
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. — Ansel Adams
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree… — Lord Byron
All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts. — Lloyd Alexander
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. — Pablo Casals
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that… — Willa Cather
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I… — Judy Chicago
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In… — Alan Cohen
Science is not the enemy of humanity but one of the deepest expressions of the human desire to realize that… — Heinz Pagels

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