In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.
Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.
Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.
I think that if you're a thinking person you should always be trying to learn something new.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.