Quotes about educational
educational philosophy emotional
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort of a mental total. William James
educational philosophy literature
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association William James
educational philosophy science
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully guard against the growing into ways that are likely to be disadvantageous. William James
educational philosophy men
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life William James
educational philosophy ideas
If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is to make certain that they have something in their minds to attend with, when you begin to talk. That something can consist in nothing but a previous lot of ideas already interesting in themselves, and of such a nature that the incoming novel objects which you present can dovetail into them and form with them some kind of a logically associated or systematic whole. William James
educational philosophy thinking
Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain the belief in the freedom itself. William James
educational philosophy ideas
Our volitional habits depend, then, first, on what the stock of ideas is which we have; and, second, on the habitual coupling of the several ideas with action or inaction respectively. William James
educational philosophy ideas
Volition . . . takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field of consciousness. William James
educational philosophy order
In all this process of acquiring conceptions, a certain instinctive order is followed. There is a native tendency to assimilate certain kinds of conception at one age, and other kinds of conception at a later age. William James
educational philosophy interesting
All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the material interesting; and the less the kind of attention requiring effort is appealed to; the more smoothly and pleasantly the classroom work goes on. William James
educational philosophy feelings
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of knowledge, of feeling, of desire, of deliberation, etc., that constantly pass and repass, and that constitute our inner life. William James
educational philosophy book
Feed the growing human being, feed him with the sort of experience for which from year to year he shows a natural craving, and he will develop in adult life a sounder sort of mental tissue, even though he may seem to be 'wasting' a great deal of his growing time, in the eyes of those for whom the only channels of learning are books and verbally communicated information. William James
educational school government
We developed at the local school district level probably the best public school system in the world. Or it was until the Federal government added Federal interference to Federal financial aid and eroded educational quality in the process. Ronald Reagan
educational men shining
The learned man's life itself shines as the message for mankind. Sai Baba
educational love-is today
The cultivation of Love is the greatest need today. Sai Baba
educational self-confidence awards
Education must award self-confidence, the courage to depend on one's own strength. Sai Baba
educational goal sake
Not living for food, but living for the sake of an ideal, that is the goal of education Sai Baba
educational love-is chiefs
Pure love is the chief manifestation of education. Sai Baba
educational college giving
College education gives you the chance to earn money and live thereupon. But, umless it destroys certain illusions that are nourished by the common level of mankind, your lives will not be happy. Sai Baba
educational selfish character
The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed. Sai Baba
educational book study
You are not educated if all you have achieved is the study of ten books. Sai Baba
educational eye behinds
Education must open the eyes and enable them to recognise the One behind the many. Sai Baba
educational heart hands
What is necessary is not EHV, but 3-HV: (Head-Heart-and Hands). The hands should carry out what the heart and approved of the ideas emanated from the head. Sai Baba
educational security
Education must promote peace, security and happiness. Sai Baba
educational people vision
Education should serve to enlarge the vision and broaden the outlook of the people. Sai Baba
educational skills quality
Modern education develops the intellect and imparts skills, but does not promote qualities in any way. Sai Baba
educational mean humility
Education confers humility, endows one with the authority to command, that will entitle one to affluence. With the help of charity and compassion this affluence can be made fruitful, and by this means, happiness in this world and peace in the next can be won. Sai Baba
educational humility pride
Education has to cultivate humility and discipline, but today it is yielding a harvest of pride and envy. Sai Baba
educational humility sacrifice
Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education. Sai Baba
educational spring men
Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage. Sai Baba
educational atmosphere reverence
The nation can prosper and be happy only when education develops in an atmosphere of Truth, Love and Reverence. Sai Baba
educational heart practice
The ideal of service and the urge to practice it form the very heart of education. Sai Baba
educational book mind
Education today is a process of filling the mind with the contents of books, emptying the contents in the examination hall and returning empty-headed. Sai Baba