Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
Interpretation
True education aims to develop both intelligence and moral character.
This quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasizes that education should not solely focus on intellectual growth, but also on the development of character and ethical values. He advocates for a holistic approach to education where students learn to think critically while also understanding the importance of integrity, compassion, and social responsibility.
In practice
During a graduation speech to highlight the importance of character in 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.
Lord knows there's a lot of bad news in the world today to get you down, but there is one big thing happening that leaves me incredibly hopeful about the future, and that is the budding revolution in global online higher education.
Investing in girls' education is the very best thing we can do, not just for our daughters and granddaughters, but for their families, their communities, and their countries.
I guess thatβs the beauty of books. When they finish they donβt really finish.
I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny book.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
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