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.
You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, "I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth." Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of "literature"? That means fiction, too, stupid.
You can teach students how to work; you can teach them technique - how to use reason; you can even give them a sense of proportions - of order. You can teach them general principles.
The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true.
How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books!
The unit of effectiveness of education is not the individual but the group. An individual's moral values are primarily important for society as they contribute to a moral social climate, not as they induce particular pieces of behavior.
We owe our children β the most vulnerable citizens in any society β a life free from violence and fear.
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