The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Interpretation
Education should develop both deep thinking and moral character.
This quote emphasizes that the purpose of education extends beyond mere academic knowledge; it should also cultivate the ability to think deeply and critically. True education aims to develop not only the intellect but also the character of individuals, preparing them to contribute positively to society.
In practice
In a graduation speech to emphasize the importance of holistic education.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
We do not believe in the educative power of words and commands alone, but seek cautiously, and almost without the child's knowing it, to guide his natural activity.
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.
The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view
There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.
A child is an eager observer and is particularly attracted by the actions of the adults and wants to imitate them. In this regard an adult can have a kind of mission. He can be an inspiration for the child's actions, a kind of open book wherein a child can learn how to direct his own movements. But an adult, if he is to afford proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him can clearly see his actions in all their particulars.
Virtually the only subject in which one could ever get a scholarship to Oxford or Cambridge was classics. So I went to Oxford to study classics and, unlike Cambridge, it had a philosophy component, and I became completely transported by it.
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