David O. McKay Quotes About True Education
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Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.
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True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.
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And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life. It is not so much giving words, as thoughts; or mere maxims, as living principles. It is not teaching to be honest, because 'honesty is the best policy'; but because it is right. It is teaching the individual to love the good, for the sake of the good; to be virtuous in action because one is so in heart; to love and serve God supremely, not from fear, but from delight in his perfect character.
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True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
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Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.
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True education seeks to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men and women with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love.
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