Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Education

Anyone who believes that education alone will save humanity is ignorant. Without true spiritual faith, it is more likely to harden our hearts and make us indifferent to those not in our social circle.

Germany, one of the most educated societies on earth, descended into barbarism during the Second World War. The learned proved to be at least as cruel and ruthless as the uneducated.

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