By Daniel Rigney In our last episode we went looking for distinctive college and university mottos in the United States. Now we embark on a grand tour abroad, visiting universities around the world in search of fresh and unusual words of wisdom.
“I Am Still Learning.” -- Monash University, Australia [from Michaelangelo].
“And Gladly Teche” – Macquarie University, Australia [from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “Gladly would he learn, and gladly teach."]
“Out of Wisdom Comes Moderation” – University of New England, Australia [Text to self: Forward this message to Tea Party.]
“Through Knowledge, You Win.” – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil [Make your own editorial comment here.]
“Mind Over Matter” – Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Canada. [At Darmstadt in Germany and Einhoven in the Netherlands, mind “drives” or “moves” matter.]
“What You Do, Do Well,” Saint Mary’s University, Canada [I wonder if it’s also true that “What’s not worth doing is not worth doing well.”]
“Work Is Our Joy” – Universidad de Santiago, Chile [Depends on the work, I guess, and on the worker.]
“The Sea Encompasses Hundreds of Rivers” – Sichuan University, China
“Not Going Forward Is Going Backward” – UESS, Equador
“Knowledge Builds Bridges” – Technische Universitat Dresden [Unfortunately for Dresden, it also firebombs bridges.]
“Small but Excellent” – Universitat Potsdam, Germany
“Dedication to Work and Study. Deal With Others Cheerfully and Harmoniously” – City University of Hong Kong, China
“Above All, Be Human” – Visvesaraya Technological University, India
“Intelligent. Tough. Creative.” – Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
“The Future Has Been Here” -- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy [Did you happen to see which way it was headed?]
“Acts of Kindness for Humankind” – Hangik University, South Korea
“Foolish is He Who Seeks Only to Emulate His Father” – University of Antanarivo, Madagascar
“The Best Teachers for the Best Students” – ITAM, Mexico […and the worst teachers for the worst students? Where does that take us?]
“Study in Doubt, Act in Faith” – Universidad Juarez, Mexico [When in doubt, twist and shout -- The Beatles.]
“Wisdom Is Preferable to Gold” – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand [Not the motto of Harvard Business School]
“Theory, Poetry, Action” – University of Aveiro, Portugal [But does it lead to Gold? HBS]
“Here We Stay in Peace” – St. Petersburg State University, Russia [until Putin comes after us]
“Good Hope” – University of Capetown, South Africa
“Dare to Think” or “Dare to Know” – Universidad de Huelva and UIMP, Spain. [Also Kant]
“Prepared for Both” – Lund University, Sweden [… a cryptic one]
“A Tradition of Invention. An Invention of Tradition” – University of Gothenberg, Sweden
“I Fear a Man With a Single Book” – Hacettepe University, Turkey
“Technical Skill is Bereft Without Culture” – Swansea University, UK
“After the Clouds, the Sun” – Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela
“The University of the Future” – Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
Share one of your own, or make one up!
*This “Wikipedia Digest” article is based mainly on Wikipedia’s lengthy international "List of University Mottos” from 57 nations. I have no one but myself to blame for its editorial selections and commentary.
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