What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique . . . You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything.
Interpretation
Encouraging children to recognize their unique potential and greatness.
This quote emphasizes the importance of nurturing and recognizing the individual potential in children. Pablo Casals urges us to communicate to the younger generation that they possess unique talents and abilities that could lead them to achieve greatness, much like renowned figures in art and literature. By acknowledging their uniqueness, we empower them to pursue their dreams and aspirations.
In practice
In a school assembly, a teacher shares this quote to inspire creativity and self-confidence among students.
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.
I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.
The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and their own thirst for knowledge, and in the process, to achieve their own independence of mind and spirit.
I believe the teacher's work is largely negative, that it is largely a matter of saying, "This doesn't work because ..." or "This does work because ..." The because is very important. The teacher can help you understand the nature of your medium, and he can guide you in your reading.
The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be practiced.
In the ideal college, intrinsic education would be available to anyone who wanted it...The college would be life-long, for learning can take place all through life.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
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