What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

Personal Growth

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."

- George Bernard Shaw

Creativity

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"Liberty is the breath of life to nations."

- George Bernard Shaw

Belief

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

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"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Education

"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

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