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The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul. - Gilbert Highet Quotes

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.

Duty Scottish Writer

[B]y taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart. - Gilbert Highet Quotes

[B]y taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? - Gilbert Highet Quotes

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

Politics Scottish Writer

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. - Gilbert Highet Quotes

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

Books And Reading Scottish Writer

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. - Gilbert Highet Quotes

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

Health Scottish Writer

A good teacher is a determined person - Gilbert Highet Quotes

A good teacher is a determined person

The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. - Gilbert Highet Quotes

The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control.

Experience Mind

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people. - Gilbert Highet Quotes

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching - Gilbert Highet Quotes

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching

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