Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Excessive TV watching can lead to societal decline.
Eleanor Roosevelt warns that if people spend their leisure time solely watching television, they risk stagnating intellectually and socially. This quote emphasizes the importance of engaging in more enriching activities that cultivate personal growth and societal development, rather than passively consuming entertainment.
Themes
LeisureTelevisionEducationActivityGrowth
In practice
Example use cases
This quote fits perfectly in a discussion about the impact of media consumption on society during a workshop on mindfulness.
More from Eleanor Roosevelt
All quotes βGreat minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
Similar quotes
I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some free information that will enrich your life. Read it on your own time. I trust that you will bring it back when you are finished.' It might be the most civilized, forward-thinking institution in America. Perhaps the only one, in fact.
Chuck KlostermanRead
I've learned quite a lot, over the years, by avoiding what I was supposed to be learning.
Margaret AtwoodRead
We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.
Colin PowellRead
The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.
Will SmithRead
If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every parent- and every adult caring for a child-read aloud a minimum of three stories a day to the children in our lives, we could probably wipe out illiteracy within one generation.
Mem FoxRead
Universities think people come up with great ideas by closing the door. The academic tenure process, where you have to publish to journals which are very narrow, stands in the way of great research.
Clayton M. ChristensenRead