education

"The only thing we wanted our young organization to give was an opportunity. We would say to children and to their families: "If you are willing to work hard and make sacrifices and think long term, then Room to Read is the best organization for you. If you're looking for a handout, then you should look elsewhere."

"When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth"

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life"

"Words are, like wines."

"If "facts"convinced people of things, no one would have sex"

"You go to school everyday. Folks who think they've learned everything they need to know are usually dumber than chickens."

"Liberate yourself from any mental captivity."

"If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing anything to a child that you would not do to another adult, whose good opinion and affection you valued."

"[E]ducation is a holistic endeavor that involves the whole person, including our bodies, in a process of formation that aims our desires, primes our imagination, and orients us to the world -- all before we ever start thinking about it."

"When we teach a child patience we offer them the gift of a dignified life."

"For success, attitude is often more important than education."

"To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people."

"Education is a process of cultivating diamonds in a field called the mind."

"Getting an education is the best journey to unfold your own beauty."

"The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the world below."

"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already."

"Enlightenment is light."

"O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224)"

"One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding."

"What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?"