Common sense :Education and knowledge without common sense has little meaning. Common sense is the ability to see things as they are and do them as they ought to be done.
We are born with five senses touch, taste, sight, smell, and hearing. But successful people have a sixth sense common sense. Common sense is gained in spite of, not necessarily as a result of, education. The best education without common sense is worthless. An abundance of common sense is called wisdom.
Knowledge is Power
We hear every day that knowledge is power. Not really. Knowledge is information. It is potential power and it becomes power only when it is acted upon.
What is the difference between a person who cannot read and a person who can but does not read? Not a whole lot.
Learning is like eating food. It is not how much you eat that matters, what counts is how much you digest.
Knowledge is potential power, wisdom is real power.
Education takes many forms, it is not just grades and a degree. It is
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- cultivating your strength
- learning self-discipline
- listening
- desiring to learn
- Our minds, like muscles, stretch or shrink depending on how much or how little we exercise them.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
--Derek Bok
Continuous positive education leads to positive thinking.
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