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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The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.
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There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find the hive.
Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
Never assume the obvious is true.
Never assume the obvious is true.
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.
One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word.
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Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
