Analogies Quote by Plutarch

“The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”

— Plutarch

“The mind is not a vessel that needs filling but wood that needs igniting." Piutarch”

— Pat Frayne

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

— Plutarch

Don't use mind as a container to be filled, but as a fire to be lit!

— TheSaintsays

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse…

— Plutarch

A vessel is formed from a lump of clay with care, however, it is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful.

— Laozi

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

— Anonymous

Sometimes when we are empty, we are thinking of something that can fill-up our emptiness.

— Jayson B Serrano

“Aristotle said that some minds are not vases to be filled, but fires to be lit.”

— Craig Johnson

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

— Anonymous

The mind is like a room that is always full with all sorts of stuff. There is no free space there. When it is…

— Anonymous

A mind should not be so open that the brains fall out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which…

— Art Bell