One of the advantages of travelling the world is that you get to know the world broadly. And one of the advantages of staying in one place is that you get to know the world deeply.
Alan MooreRead
Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Knowledge is essential for life and should be accessible to everyone.
In this quote, Alan Moore emphasizes the fundamental importance of knowledge as a vital resource, akin to air, that supports life and growth. He advocates for equal access to knowledge, asserting that it is a basic human right that should not be withheld from anyone, just as air is freely available to all living beings.
Themes
KnowledgeLifeAccessEducationHuman Rights
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used to inspire a classroom discussion on the importance of education.
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All quotes βThe only reality we can ever truly know is that of our perceptions, our own consciousness, while that consciousness, and thus our entire reality, is made of nothing but signs and symbols. Nothing but language. Even God requires language before conceiving the Universe. See Genesis: βIn the beginning was the Word.
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