"The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one." ― William James Topic(s): Education Tags: college More From William James "It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again." "It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true." "The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals." More In Education "My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents."― Jennifer Garner "The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education."― Plutarch "People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education."― David Soul