"The aim of education or culture is merely the development of good taste in knowledge and good form in conduct." The cultured person is not the well-read one — "one who likes and dislikes the right things." Erudition without discernment is just facts without judgment; modern education rewards memorization because facts are easy to test and taste is not. Real culture is independent judgment with the courage to call fashionable, academic, political, or prestigious humbug by its name.

— In our words · Source: The Importance of Living (Lin Yutang)