The great advantage of parent-directed tutoring is its philosophical dexterity, ambidexterity, and polydexterity. Soaring to the heights or swooping to the depths, it is free to be what 'ere they choose it to be. - Samuel Johnson

I have but a question of two, saith the sage: Who? What? When? Where? How? and Why? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. - Basil Grant

It is a terrifying thing to begin. To begin anything at all. The rewards are but rumors then. The glories are but gossip. To taste and see, we must venture into the murky waters of inexperience. And that is, indeed, a terrifying thing. But tis more terrifying still to stand ashore and only wish it could someday truly be true. - Tristam Gylberd

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. Robert Maynard Hutchins

Education is the transmission of civilization. It is the laboratory of life. - Will and Ariel Durant

Stand not alone, dear friend, tis much too windy and cold. The warmth and fellowship of two cuts and torrents and seals the breeze as none else. - Tristram Gylberd

Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina unda tenemus. (Yesterday's rose endures in its name; we hold empty names.) - Umberto Eco