Anatole France - Minds Quotes

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The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Anatole France

The good critic is one who tells of his mind's adventures among masterpieces.

Anatole France

The archangel Michael took supreme command. He reassured their minds by his serenity. His countenance, wherein his soul was visible, expressed contempt for danger.

Anatole France

Criticism is, like philosophy and history, a sort of romance designed for those who have sagacious and curious minds, and every romance is, rightly taken, an autobiography.

Anatole France

Curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy. Those acquirements crammed by force into the minds of children simply clog and stifle intelligence. In order that knowledge be properly digested, it must have been swallowed with a good appetite.

Anatole France

It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.

Anatole France

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

Anatole France