felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,
atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum
subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Virgil, Georgicon II.490-492
Happy, who had the skill to understand
Nature's hid causes, and beneath his feet
All terrors cast, and death's relentless doom,
And the loud roar of greedy Acheron.
translated by J.B. Greenough
The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals....We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living.
Martin Luther King, Jr., in his college newspaper, 1947
Education should be directed in reference to two objectives--the good of the individual educated and the good of the world.
Willbur Fisk, 1831 (yes, he spelled Willbur with two ls)
"We have a slogan: God pardons always, man pardons sometimes, but nature never does," Monsignor Fabian Marulanda told the Associated Press. "Every abuse of nature you pay for, sooner or later," he added.
α μη οιδα ουδε οιομαι ειδεναι.
What I do not know I do not think I know.
Plato, Apology 21d.