Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
Alex HaleyRead
I think one of the most fascinating things you can do after you learn about your own people is to study something about the history and culture of other people.
Interpretation
Understanding different cultures enriches our knowledge and perspective.
Alex Haleyβs quote emphasizes the importance of learning about not just our own cultural heritage, but also the histories and traditions of other peoples. This broader understanding fosters empathy, appreciation, and interconnectedness among diverse groups, ultimately enriching our own identity and worldview.
In practice
This quote can be used as an introduction to a seminar on cultural diversity.
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual.
That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance.
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.
I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My homemade education gave me, with every additional book that I read, a little bit more sensitivity to the deafness, dumbness and blindness that was afflicting the black race in America. Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me, asking questions. One was, "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books.
Most organizations see young people as problems to be solved. We see young people as problem-solvers.
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
It may be said that an education which does not succeed in making poetry a resource in the business of life as well as in its leisure, has something the matter with it.
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
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