Planning 2008-2009: Beginning at the End
What am I aiming at? I thrive on the theoretical and philosophical side of things, and those sorts of thoughts encourage me to plow through the daily slog. So, I have chosen my favorite 5 education quotes to frame the vision:
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection. — John Milton
Classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue by nourishing the soul on truth, goodness and beauty so that, in Christ, a student is better able to know, glorify and enjoy God. — Andrew Kern
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure. — Sydney J. Harris
The truly educated person has only had many doors opened. He knows that life will not be long enough to follow everything through fully. — Susan Schaeffer MacAuley
For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain. — Dorothy Sayers
