La Vita Nuova

Poem XIX

From out her eyes, wherever they may move

come spirits that are all aflame with love;

they pierce the eyes of any one that looks

and pass straight through till each one finds the heart;

upon her face you see depicted Love,

there where none dares to hold his gaze too long.

Dante, La Vita Nuova

Education is not a subject, and does not deal in subjects. It is instead a way of life.

G.K. Chesterton

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Theodore Roosevelt

You use all, whether we know it or not, for purposes known only to you.

St. Augustine, The Confessions

The object of learning is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Socrates

We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

C.S. Lewis, Abolition of Man

Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

2 Peter 1:5-10

On matters of style, swim with the current. On matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Thomas Jefferson

Language. Love. Meaning. Friendship. Purpose. Longing. Sacrifice. Mercy. Courage. Resilience. Wisdom. Virtue.

A classical Christian education guides and shapes young men and women into becoming more fully human - by grappling with these concepts, dialoguing about them, and learning how to bring them to bear in every sphere of life. All this deep, rich, and challenging work happens under the tutelage of wiser and older believers who are the best in their fields of study - from history to economics, from philosophy to physics.

La Vita Nuova exists to support young men and young women who strongly desire to pursue a classical Christian college education, but need financial assistance to do so.