Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.
Interpretation
Love and understanding enrich our learning experiences more than formal education.
Eleanor Roosevelt's quote emphasizes that true education transcends mere academic learning; it encompasses the profound lessons learned through love and understanding. When we engage with others through empathy and affection, we gain valuable insights that contribute to our personal growth and wisdom.
In practice
In a speech about personal development at a community center.
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.
A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.
Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.
The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps.
Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.
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