“(Windows work two ways, mirrors one way.)
You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.”
Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors
The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969), The Lords: Notes on Vision
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Henry Adams (1838–1918) journalist, historian, academic, novelist
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
“A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated — and turned out to grass.”
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
Of Men and Women (1941), Ch. 4
Sadhguru (1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian
Isha Insights Magazine, Spring Edition 2009
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Context: The basic purpose of life and the basic purpose of education is to enhance one’s boundaries of perception. I don’t want the children to just survive after ten years of schooling here. They must blossom and flower wherever they go. -Sadhguru (on Isha Vidhya rural education project)
“The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it”
Lawrence M. Krauss (1954) American physicist
“Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain.”
Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) American singer, songwriter, and record producer
As quoted in The Sociology of Rock (1978) by Simon Frith
Context: Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain. Painless preaching is as good a term as any for what we do. If you're going to come away from a party singing the lyrics of a song, it is better that you sing of self-pride like 'We're a Winner' instead of 'Do the Boo-ga-loo!
Linda Smith (1958–2006) comedian
A Brief History of Timewasting, Room 101, The News Quiz
Pete Seeger (1919–2014) American folk singer
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" (1954); a song which adapts a passage from the book of Ecclesiastes to music, with a few additional lyrics.