Education is one of the most treasured parts of my life. I am constantly both a teacher and a student, and I believe it is one of the most crucial aspects of life both for individuals and for society as a whole. Here are a few offerings for your consideration:
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
(The Death of Socrates Jacques-Louis David, 1787)
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
Socrates
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“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai
Powerful!
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Thank you!
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Brilliant. Knowledge is power in all aspects of life. Thanks for sharing.
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You are very welcome!
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I consider Education to be one of those unique items that exist as both tangible and intangible simultaneously.
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That is an excellent observation!
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Thanks. My education hasn’t let me down yet. 🙂
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And it probably never will!
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I couldn’t agree more. 🙂
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These are great quotes to share!
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Thank you!
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Hi Charles:
First, thank you for your steady support of Bookshelf; much appreciated. As a writer, avid reader and book collector, one can only hope that from time to time, one’s ruminations touches or inspires someone else. Like you, I am very passionate about education and write about if often. Sadly, one of the greatest tragedies of the 21st century is that higher education is unbelievably expensive. It was once the great leveler, equalizer; Mandela expresses that eloquently in Long Walk to Freedom: “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
Cheers, Alex
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You are very welcome, and thank you for an eloquent comment!
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Alexander, ever word you wrote, tells the story of what has happened in America. Why this is happening is beyond me. This must change and only we, as writers, can help begin the process of changing it, then others will surely follow. Thank you.
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You are correct, and we must have the courage to lead the way.
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Beautiful quotes! I also like the old classic “The pen is mightier than the sword” 🙂
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Yes, that is wonderful!
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I love these quote. Thank you so much for posting them. Awesome! I too, am a constant learner. Formal education is key to understanding what it is that you are learning in the real world, a point of reference, away to discern, question, investigate and absorb all there is to discover.
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You are very welcome, and you are correct–education is needed to examine, consider, evaluate, and attempt to understand the world!
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Love the quotes,Malala Yousafzai is an inspiration to us all.
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Yes, she is.
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Great quotes. Some of us didn’t get much of a formal education but learning and education are a lifelong endeavor. Some of us must find alternative ways to pursue it. Thank goodness for all the writers of wonderful books to help us along.
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That is an excellent point that you have made–education comes in many ways and forms. My grandfather did not have more than a 3rd grade education but was a reader all his life.
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It’s when you think you know enough that you are in trouble. 😉
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Yes, that is very true. The more I learn, the more I realize I need to learn. Gained knowledge is a doorway opening to a myriad of libraries to be read.
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Libraries, yum! 😉
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Libraries are the treasure rooms.
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Thank you so much!
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I think what frustrated me most while I was in my college classroom was hearing fellow students ask “what will my degree get me?” A degree is the beginning of the journey — not the destination: it is a lesson in how to think for yourself, an arrow in your quiver, a tool in your toolbox. What you do with it is up to you.
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I agree with you, and I wish more people would understand education is a life long process and not an end with a degree.
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Someone (can’t remember who) also said that education is what remains when the facts are forgotten. Not sure how my education stacks up with that! 🙂
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I am not sure either, but facts only serve as a basis for further thinking and analysis.
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Hi Charles,
I was just talking about Malala today with my students! I can’t pick my favorite; they are all inspirational. Tweeted.
Janice
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Thank you so much.
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The problem s of course that we’re not all receiving the same education. I doubt whether the animals who tried to kill Malala were receiving the same words as she. For me, religion is the teacher we’re best without since it’s so very divisive. Maybe then we could just be taught that other humans live differently than we do because their culture differs or their environment dictates it, but we are all one people.
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Very good point!
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