“If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.”
Greg Mortenson (1957) American mountaineer and humanitarian
Source: Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Assata Shakur (1947) American activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
Charles Bukowski book Tales of Ordinary Madness
Tales of ordinary madness (1967-83)
Variant: .. the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them...
Source: Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician
Charles Manson's first prison interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbW0agGFv88 by 60 Minutes Australia (1981)
“Where it is the chief aim to teach many things, little education is given or received.”
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 232
“And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
Source: Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers' Power
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
