Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

Sydney Harris
About This Quote

A mirror carries a reflection of your moods and emotions, while a window opens the mind to the world. The purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. We go to school to learn how to be a better person and a better citizen. We should expect our schools to teach us how to be better people.

Some Similar Quotes
  1. One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path... - Osho

  2. With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you - that's my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage you from your very roots! Unless you are totally destroyed... - Osho

  3. Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others. - Brian Tracy

  4. The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself. - Carl Sagan

  5. It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life... - Rachel Carson

More Quotes By Sydney Harris
  1. Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

  2. There is no point in burying the hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

Related Topics