empowerment & inner transformation…
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“….if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties.. if that is what they mean by a “liberal” then I... Continue Reading →
"Education is the process of socializing the individual, where "society" is understood as a kind of organism, the encompassing and embracing organization of the human spirit. People are connected as individuals to this group known as society. The individual and group mutually influence each other. Thus, so long as we live in society, individual happiness... Continue Reading →
"Education at its best is a process of liberation from prejudice which frees the human heart from its violent passions. Through education people can be delivered from powerlessness, from the burden of mistrust directed against themselves. And those who have learned to trust in themselves are then naturally able to believe in the latent capacities... Continue Reading →
Opinions are spread abroad on a quantitative scale and…the leading position always goes to what is easier to grasp, that is, whatever is easier and more comfortable for the human spirit. Indeed, the man who has fully educated…himself…can always reckon to have the majority against him. – Goethe, 1829 “It is easier to perceive error... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 