Education occurs when students set out to educate themselves… the student will only learn, can only learn, what he chooses to learn…(An) advantage of not pushing is an innate sense (his) education is (his) responsibility and reward.

Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.

The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.

Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.