Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Mark Van Doren Quotes: To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.
         

To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.


Mark Van Doren
Check all other quotes by Mark Van Doren

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Mark Van Doren Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 18 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/To-be-what-no-one-ever-was-858861>.





Check out


Other quotes of Mark Van Doren


The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.



If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.



Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.



Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.



Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.



The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.



Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.



Our best chance for happiness is education.

Our best chance for happiness is education.



There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.

There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.



There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.





Other quotes you may like



God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in trouble.




Terminus sniffed. “I guard borders. I don’t kill giants. It’s not in my job description.

Terminus sniffed. “I guard borders. I don’t kill giants. It’s not in my job description.



If it can be done digitally, do it.

If it can be done digitally, do it.



Now, I'm mostly a beer man. When I drink hard liquor, it usually doesn't end the best, so I keep it chill with beer.

Now, I'm mostly a beer man. When I drink hard liquor, it usually doesn't end the best, so I keep it chill with beer.



Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration.

Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration.



We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.

We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.



Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.



Confine your kissing to the irresistible.

Confine your kissing to the irresistible.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.". Author of this quote is Mark Van Doren. This quote is about fence, freedom, effort, extremes, mean,.