09/02/09

Language is not merely a means of expression and communication; it is an instrument of experiencing, thinking, and feeling ... Our ideas and experiences are not independent of language; they are all integral parts of the same pattern, the warp and woof of the same texture. We do not first have thoughts, ideas, feelings, and then put them into a verbal framework. We think in words, by means of words. Language and experience are inextricably interwoven, and the awareness of one awakens the other. Words and idioms are as indispensible to our thoughts and experiences as are colors and tints to a painting. —William Chomsky

09/01/09

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a flame to be kindled. -Plutarch

08/31/09

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. -Rabbinical Saying

08/27/09

A book is...the chariot that bears the human soul. -Emily Dickinson

08/26/09

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. -Charles W. Eliot

08/25/09

The good writer masters grammar in order to control his words, and meaning is his target. -Ken Macrorie

08/21/09

Read, read, read. Read everything--trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as as apprentice studies the master. -William Faulkner

08/20/09

Books may well be the only true magic. -Alice Hoffman

08/19/09

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. -Henry Ward Beecher

08/18/09

In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn. -John Naisbitt