#education

"First knowledge is the knowledge of God."

"Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others."

"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings."

"If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend."

"In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra."

"Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education."

"Education shouldn’t be the prison of known knowledge, but it should be the bridge to find the yet unknown universe of knowledge."

"I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself."

"...primarily the individual is going to study at home."

"Teachers don't just teach; they can be vital personalities who help young people to mature, to understand the world, and to understand themselves. A good education consists of much more than useful facts and marketable skills."

"The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot."

"Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance."

"All it takes for generosity to flow is awareness. By actively pursuing awareness and knowledge, we can make choices that cause less harm and greater good to others in the global community of our shared earth."

"The boy knew that escaping school was the surest sign of his election."

"If we can teach everyone how to calm their minds, this world will see peace."

"Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the first classes by reading to them from poetry and religious texts. "Reading, literature, and spirituality are good for the soul,"he told them. "So we will start with these studies."

"Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world."

"Who said to kill does not require gentleness?"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."