"Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential."

-- Kofi Annan

#Children Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“Alice! You know I love you like a sister!" "Words." she growled.”
“The Prophet's words were true; The mouth of Ali is the golden door Of Wisdom." When his friends to Ali bore These words, he smiled and said: "And should they ask The same until my dying day, the task Were easy; for the stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.”

Source : Bayard Taylor (1866). “The Poems”, p.130
“What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective.”
“Until I dicover the meaning of this sentence, I will neither eat nor sleep. "My dear uncle-" I began. "Nor you either," he added.”
“If I'm doing a talk show or an interview, or pretty much anything where I can't control the context, I'm loath to do the character.”
“Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.”
“There should be a period of time during each practice session when you perform. Invite some friends in to your practice room and play a passage or a page of something. ... What I'm trying to indicate is that each day should contain some amount of performing. You should engage in the deliberate act of story telling each day you practice. Don't only gather information when you practice, spend time imparting it. This is important.”
“I like getting stuff out of the way so you can see something clearly, see it sharply, have it be new again.”

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