"Work is the greatest means of education. To train children to work, to work systematically, to love work, and to put their brains into work, may be called the end and aim of schools. In education, no work should be done for the sake of the thing done, but for the sake of the growing mind."

-- Francis Wayland Parker

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“History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force.”
“Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've never met! Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children! Burn your credit cards and wear high heels! Asylum doors stand open! Fill the suburbs with murder and rape! Divine madness! Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets! Laugh and the world laughs with you!”
“If people enjoy the film, it can be really intriguing to see what created that film, how each one of those unique components came together, who the people are who did it and what it meant to them to do it.”
“Money was invented for a reason. We've seen people try to use beans, etc. and it doesn't work.”
“I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.”
“An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation ...”
“A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.”
“My truth is that I am a gay American,”

Source : Resignation Address, delivered 12 August 2004

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