Oliver DeMille QUOTES

1 " 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. "

― Oliver DeMille

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

― Oliver DeMille

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

― Oliver DeMille

4 " 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. "

― Oliver DeMille , A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century

5 " The myth is that it is possible for one human being to educate another "

― Oliver DeMille

6 " Books are better than television, the internet, or the computer for educating and maintaining freedom.
Books matter because they state ideas and then attempt to thoroughly prove them. They have an advantage precisely because they slow down the process, allowing the reader to internalize, respond, react and transform. The ideas in books matter because time is taken to establish truth, and because the reader must take the time to consider each idea and either accept it or, if he rejects it, to think through sound reasons for doing so. A nation of people who write and read is a nation with the attention span to earn an education and free society if they choose. "

― Oliver DeMille

7 " For the Three Percent:

You may sometimes feel
like you were born in the wrong century,
or that the struggle for freedom is already lost,
but you weren't, and it isn't.
Your day is coming.

Now is the time to prepare. "

― Oliver DeMille , The U.S. Constitution and the 196 Indispensable Principles of Freedom

8 " For the Three Percent:
You may sometimes feel like you were born in the wrong century, or that the struggle for freedom is already lost, but weren't, and it isn't. Your day is coming. Now is the time to prepare. "

― Oliver DeMille

9 " Since the purpose of reading, of education, is to become good, our most important task is to choose the right books. Our personal set of stories, our canon, shapes our lives. I believe it is a law of the universe that we will not rise above our canon. Our canon is part of us, deeply, subconsciously. And the characters and teachings in our canon shape our characters--good, evil, mediocre, or great. "

― Oliver DeMille , A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century

10 " No U.S. president can “fix” education, no law can systematize inspiration, and no amount of funding, policy or resources can structure passion. "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

11 " The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. ‘They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, figuring, "

― Oliver DeMille , A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century

12 " How many have been persuaded that they needed to make it their life’s purpose to find a job, follow a career, be normal, fit in, or seek security, prestige, power or possessions? What great blessings has the world missed out on because of these choices? "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

13 " Great education defies structure because it is always (always!) individualized, personalized, interactive, nimble, responsive and inspired. "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

14 " This one thing is great mentoring. Great mentors understand what the students are seeking, what they deeply and completely want, and how they can get it. Great mentors understand this even when the students don’t. "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

15 " In the post-Butler system, in order to meet the desired federal spending, taxes are raised, and debts, deficits, and government spending balloon. When these traditional sources of money fail, the government simply prints more money through the Federal Reserve. This inflates our fiat currency, distorts the natural ups and downs of the business cycle and recessions, and increases the divide between the wealthy (who store their wealth in non-fiat assets) and the middle and lower classes. "

― Oliver DeMille , 1913

16 " When the protection of freedom is left to a few officials, it is always lost. "

― Oliver DeMille , 1913

17 " We want something we can detect and observe, but can’t objectively measure, and we use objective measures that consistently extinguish the spark. "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

18 " when a student is given the opportunity to gain an education, the ultimate responsibility for success or failure rests with him, and it is the role and obligation of the adults in his life to provide the best possible opportunity to gain that education. "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

19 " People who achieve great success do so by persistently and successfully meeting the challenges on The Path. Their stories are found in ancient mythology, classic and modern literature, virtually all genres of fiction, great movies, the sacred writings of the world religions, the biographies of great men and women, the lives of successful business people, entrepreneurs, teachers, parents, and the stories of “regular people” who have paid the price of greatness. "

― Oliver DeMille , The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius

20 " Leaders are readers. This is true in business, in many areas of society, and certainly for citizens of nations that remain free. Leaders are readers, and leaders are also independent and innovative thinkers. "

― Oliver DeMille , 1913

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