"A Socrates in every classroom."

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Source : 1951 On his hopes for theYale faculty. In Time, 11 Jun.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

#Classroom Quotes

“Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around them, so friends impart favor even to the places where they dwell. With friends even poverty is pleasant. Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts; they only can know who have experienced. A friend is dearer than the light of heaven, for it would be better for us that the sun were exhausted than that we should be without friends.”
“Doctors are directly responsible for hooking millions of people on prescription drugs. They are also indirectly responsible for the plight of millions more who turn to illegal drugs because they were taught at an early age that drugs can cure anything - including psychological and emotional conditions - that ails them.”
“We [me and Jennifer Salke] talked about the characters and different kinds of families and where are we today. We certainly pitched the gay couple, but we also talked about what it was like to be a single mother with a young daughter, what is it like to be a woman in your 50's who is completely starting over and dating again and having to go online to date again. We talked about the whole spectrum of the characters, but I don't think it ever came up about whether people are ready for it or not.”
“The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition.”
“If there were nothing else, reading would--obviously--be worth living for.”
“But life never lets you go, does it? You can't put down life the way you put down a book.”

Source : "Love, etc". Book by Julian Barnes, 2000.
“Simplicity is not a simple thing.”
“The most identifiable trait of Anglo-Saxons is that we always mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.”

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