Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Interpretation
Knowledge and education empower individuals and promote progress in society.
This quote by Kofi Annan emphasizes the crucial role of knowledge and education in fostering advancement within societies and families. It suggests that access to information liberates people, enabling them to improve their circumstances and contribute positively to their communities. The quote highlights that education is not just an individual need but a societal foundation for progress.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students about lifelong learning.
If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.
Let us remember the large numbers of citizens who, day in and day out, through acts of volunteerism large and small, bring hope to so many of the world's disadvantaged. Let us ensure that this wonderful resource, available in abundance to every nation, is recognized and supported as it works towards a more prosperous and peaceful world.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?
People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what β and who β we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best form of conflict prevention.
I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.
I don't think that our Founders would believe that America could long prosper if the people were not readers.
Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.
I guess thatβs the beauty of books. When they finish they donβt really finish.
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.
The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.
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