49 Quotes About Scholars

See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.

Reflective learning provokes critical thinking, enabling us to pose relevant questions, revealing the profound oceans of ignorance that surround even the most learned scholars in our fields of modern knowledge, invoking us to be active participants in the crusade for equality, representation, and social justice.

You do not know the madness of scholarly curiosity, Mr Webster. To be interested, and at the same time disinterested…

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

A fellowship of secret scholars spent five hundred years on this task. Now we're penciling it in for a Friday morning.

Many scholars say that 'enlightenment' does not exist and it can never be achieved by meditation. In my eyes, meditation is the key to 'feel' or, as they popularly say, 'achieve' enlightenment. Since physical exercise helps to maintain a healthy body, similarly meditation helps to maintain a healthy mind. So, if the mind is healthy or sound, then it can surely do wonders!

অনেক পণ্ডিতগণ বলেন যে ‘বোধোদয়’-এর অস্তিত্ব নেই এবং এটা কখনোই ধ্যান-এর মাধ্যমে অর্জন করা যাবে না। আমার দৃষ্টিতে ধ্যান হচ্ছে বোধোদয় ‘অনুভব’ করার বা, জনপ্রিয়ভাবে যেটা বলা হয়, ‘অর্জন’ করার চাবিকাঠি। যেহেতু শারীরিক ব্যায়াম সুস্থ দেহ বজায় রাখতে সাহায্য করে, একইভাবে ধ্যান একটি সুস্থ মন বজায় রাখতে সাহায্য করে। তাই, মন যদি সুস্থ হয়, তাহলে অবশ্যই এটা আশ্চর্যজনক কাজ করবে!

In your future, cultivate productively the bits that you do know; and try tounderstand what others do before dismissing them or criticizing them. The worldis a big place with room for many truths, but is too small I think for error, forunsupported argument, and for attempts to make everyone see and do the samething the same way. We just do not know enough.

Virtual learning is not all bad. It is a window of opportunity to engage more users with technology. The digital space allows educators to be innovative and curate content, and teaches young scholars and future leaders the importance of being involved in the process of digital citizenship.