Quote by Aldous Huxley
The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. – Aldous Huxley

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One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, whats more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. – Aldous Huxley

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The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love – almost as violent and much more mischievous. – Aldous Huxley

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. – Maya Angelou

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My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education. – John H. Johnson

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Our universities and museums are respected around the country. – Jane Byrne

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What makes me angry? The education of children. How in Gods name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids? – Kathleen Turner

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