Wisdom
"But he who is inclined to sample all studies, who gladly addresses himself to the task of learning and cannot get enough of it, he is the one we shall rightly call philosopher and lover of wisdom?"
Plato the Republic
"Justice is useful when things lie unused, but it becomes useless when they become useful"
Plato the Republic
“Knowledge is a public good. Because it serves the common good, it should be available for use by all”
AAUP: In Defense of Knowledge
"The function of the university is not to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public school, or to be the centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and growing knowledge of life"
Souls of Black Folk
"I have come to believe that it is our life's work to tear down this order, to keep tugging at it, trying to unravel it, to set free the organisms trapped underneath."
Why Fish Don't Exist
"If the man turns out to be good and wise, then and only should he be given office"
Mencius
"Such leadership, such social teaching and examples, must come from the blacks themselves."
Souls of Black Folks
“When I give up the fish, I get, at long last, that thing I had been searching for: a mantra, a trick, a prescription for hope.”
Why Fish Don't Exist
"I don't see how how you can love science if that's what you believe."
Galileo
Chaos is the only sure thing in this world
Why Fish Don't Exist
The wretched of my race that line the alleys of the nation sit featherless and unmothered; but Love sat beside his cradle, and in his ear Wisdom waited to speak.
Souls of Black Folk
Hithero, every form of society has been based, as we have already seen, on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes. But in order to oppress a class, certain conditions must be assured to it under which it can, at least, continue its slavish existence.
The Communist Manifesto
"Education must produce flexible citizens who can adapt their thought to the nature of the current reality.”
Nussbaum
It is so much easier to assume that we know it all. Or perhaps, having already reached conclusions in our own minds.
Souls of Black Folks
“No: I can see their eyes wavering, I can see them letting their spoons drop, I can see how betrayed and deceived they will feel.”
Life of Galileo