There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
Benjamin CarsonRead
God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of utilizing our brain's potential as a gift from God.
Benjamin Carson highlights the extraordinary complexity of the human brain, suggesting that such a remarkable creation implies a divine expectation for us to engage with and utilize our cognitive abilities. It calls us to recognize our potential and the responsibility to think, learn, and grow intellectually.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the power of education.
There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
And I've always said, 'If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn't necessary.' We need to be able to understand that if we're going to make real progress.
You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
What separates developing countries from developed countries is as much a gap in knowledge as a gap in resources.
There isn’t an education system on the planet that teaches dance everyday to children the way we teach them mathematics. Why?
Libraries are starting places for the adventure of learning that can go on whatever one's vocation and location in life. Reading is an adventure like that of discovery itself. Libraries are our base camp.
It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.
What’s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond this subject more fit for a schoolchild than the future author of great literature.
You cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university.
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