Jack Vance Quote

I learned a great deal, said Beran. And then I lost all heart for further learning.
Palafox's eyes glinted. Education is not achieved through the heart—it is a systematization of the mental processes.
But I am something other than a mental process, said Beran. I am a man. I must reckon with the whole of myself.

Chapter 13 (p. 133) - The Languages of Pao (1958)