A book is a machine to think with.
Interpretation
A book encourages deep thinking and intellectual engagement.
This quote emphasizes the transformative power of reading. A book serves as a tool that stimulates thought, promotes critical analysis, and fosters creativity, allowing readers to explore new ideas and perspectives as if they were operating a machine that processes and generates thoughts.
In practice
In a lecture about the importance of reading, one might use this quote to illustrate how literature enhances our cognitive abilities.
Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.
Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
What I really want are students who want to partner with other people, to be part of an organization and to influence people so that they can accomplish things that the organization would not have accomplished otherwise.
Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.
It took 10 months for me to learn to tie a lace; I must have howled with rage and frustration. But one day I could tie my laces. That no one can take from you. I profoundly distrust the pedagogy of ease.
Excessive literary production is a social offense.
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