“History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.”— W. H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays (1962)Share
“The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.”— W. H. AudenShare
“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”— Benjamin FranklinShare
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”— Miguel de CervantesShare
“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”— Søren KierkegaardShare
“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”— Edward Bulwer-LyttonShare
