It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition.
Interpretation
Writers have the power to inspire young minds and encourage their growth and creativity.
This quote by Isaac Asimov emphasizes the transformative role of writers in shaping the thoughts and imaginations of young individuals. By engaging young people through literature, writers can plant ideas and inspirations that have the potential to grow and develop into something significant over time, ultimately contributing to the evolution of their creative and intellectual capacities.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of youth education, one might quote, 'It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people...'
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies.
Science does not promise absolute truth, nor does it consider that such a thing necessarily exists. Science does not even promise that everything in the Universe is amenable to the scientific process.
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation.
Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what would be considerably worse) going to the popularized version of Heaven. I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
During the century after Newton, it was still possible for a man of unusual attainments to master all fields of scientific knowledge. But by 1800, this had become entirely impracticable.
I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the readers ask questions. And every new question is going to disturb someone's universe.
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
Donβt just create content to get credit for being clever β create content that will be helpful, insightful, or interesting for your target audience.
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.
There is no real education that does not respond to felt need; anything else acquired is trifling display.
Everyone knows that at the age of 11-12, children have a marked impulse to form themselves into groups and that the respect paid to the rules and regulations of their play constitutes an important feature of this social life.
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