Week 3 Quotes

The great end of education is, to discipline rather than to furnish the mind;
to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulations of others.


Tryon Edwards

Tyron's statement is Making the claim that education is more about training yourself to educate yourself and better yourself. It is a program that you enroll in to practice improving yourself.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
The wise grows it under his feet.

James Oppenheim

James' insight is to enjoy the fruits of your labor as you watch them blossom and grow. Don't wait to enjoy something until it is fully grown. I guess he is merely rewording the statement. "Life's a garden, dig it!"