Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion. Nevertheless, the free ranging flux of curiosity is channeled by discipline under Your Law.

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- St. Augustine of Hippo

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"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."

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"You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones."

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"The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works."

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"For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them."

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

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"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

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"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

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"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

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