The universe is not a museum with its specimens in glass cases. To see what is general in what is particular and what is permanent in what is transitory is the aim of scientific thought. The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Religion Religion is what the individual does with his own solitariness. If you are never solitary, you are never religious.
Philosophy begins in wonder.
Alfred North Whitehead - Alfred North Whitehead. The students are alive, and the purpose of education is to stimulate and guide their self-development. The transition . . .