There is no way, absolutely no way, that I would want people to stop reading the 'Odyssey.' But I want them to read it with their eyes open. To notice it and then to think what it says about us.
Mary BeardRead
Travel is the best investment you can make in yourself. It teaches you that there are many ways to live a good, fulfilled life. It broadens your world view, yet makes you appreciate home all the more.
Interpretation
Travel enriches your life experiences and perspective, enhancing your personal growth.
This quote emphasizes that investing in travel is one of the most enriching decisions one can make for personal development. By experiencing different cultures and lifestyles, you gain insights that foster a deeper appreciation for life and your own home, ultimately leading to a more fulfilled existence.
In practice
In a seminar about personal development, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of experiences over material possessions.
There is no way, absolutely no way, that I would want people to stop reading the 'Odyssey.' But I want them to read it with their eyes open. To notice it and then to think what it says about us.
Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
So far, we do not seem appalled at the prospect of exactly the same kind of education being applied to all the school children from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but there is an uneasiness in the air, a realization that the individual is growing less easy to find; an idea, perhaps, of what standardization might become when the units are not machines, but human beings.
Surely, we've got a way that we can tinker with this system that shuttles our children from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand-new high-tech prisons.
Besides, rereading, not reading, is what counts.
Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.