Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at once the ability AND the inclination of the mind to find knowledge, to pursue understanding, and out of knowledge and understanding, not out of received attitudes and values or emotional responses, however "worthy," to make judgments.
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Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
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It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores these two great truths of population zoology: (1) no two individuals are alike, and (2) both environment and genetic endowment make a contribution to nearly every trait.
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the read more
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
