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The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction. – Mortimer Adler

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Love consists in giving without getting in return in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. Thats why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. – Mortimer Adler

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Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. – Mortimer Adler

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When we ask for love, we dont ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice… and begging or pleading for love. – Mortimer Adler

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But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions. – Mark Kennedy

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Until we get equality in education, we wont have an equal society. – Sonia Sotomayor

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My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor. – Matt Damon

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A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. – Brander Matthews

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