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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He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.
That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.
Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good.
The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a read more
The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure.
Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.
Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.
