empowerment & inner transformation…
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"In more concrete terms, the course of education for world citizens must encompass such currently vital problems as environment, development, peace and human rights. Education for peace should reveal the cruelty of war, emphasize the threat of nuclear weapons, and insist on the importance of arms reduction. Education for development must deal with the eradication... Continue Reading →
"How, then, are we to understand sustainability? In simplest terms, I think it could be described as follows: a way of life in which we refrain from seeking our own happiness at the expense of others; a determination not to pass on our local community and the planet as a whole to the next generation... Continue Reading →
"Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race." - Mary McLeod Bethune *** "I would like to stress the importance of girls' education and its crucial impact on all aspects of human development. All the... Continue Reading →
Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to... Continue Reading →
“One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.” - Proverb quotes (Downloaded from Thinkexist)
"When asked his nationality, Socrates is said to have replied that he was not only an Athenian but also a citizen of the world. His remark shows us the kind of philanthropic spirit that, transcending narrows bounds of nation, race and region, regards the whole world as its home. This attitude should be at the... Continue Reading →
“The current state of the news media is partially to blame for the public’s general lack of information vital for responsible citizenship in a democracy. The news media has become an aspect of show business, offering merely infotainment. It has evolved into an entity that tends to function as a public relations agency for wealthy... Continue Reading →
“Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice” - Unknown (November dedicated to MEN & FATHER quotes, since these are more valuable to me at this crossroad in life.)
We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder "censorship," we call it "concern for commercial viability." - David Mamet "We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign... Continue Reading →
"The more knowledge one gains, the more important becomes the question of what that knowledge will be used for. Knowledge without wisdom and philosophy produces nothing more than talented beasts." -Daisaku Ikeda, IkedaQuotes.org
"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies." Leo Tolstoy "The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 