Events

“Only in a small group [discussion] can the student learn to marshal his thoughts, expose his weaknesses, argue out his beliefs, and gain that familiarity with the “ropes” of a given subject…”
Jacques Barzun

“…the man who acts from principle, who pursues the paths of truth, moderation, and justice, will regain his influence.”
George Washington

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
Albert Einstein

"Truth seldom is sweet; it is almost invariably bitter."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

"...improving one's mind or enlarging one's spirit is...more difficult than solving the problems of subsistence."
Mortimer J. Adler

"...it is the Right of the People to alter [their government]...laying its foundations on such principles..."
Declaration of Independence

"Few love to hear the sins they love to act." Pericles
William Shakespeare

"The key is to have lots of discussions, both planned and spontaneous, about [your] readings."
Oliver Van DeMille

"No matter how much [the student] knows or how fully he has thought, he is relentlessly pushed [in discussion] until his back touches the wall of the great absolutes."
Jacques Barzun

"There can be no national greatness which does not rest upon the personal integrity of the people."
Calvin Coolidge

“It is …most devoutly to be wished that…those to whom everything dear and valuable is entrusted would lay aside party views and return to first principles.”
George Washington

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi