Love as education is one of the great powers of the world, but it hangs in a delicate suspension; it achieves its harmony as seldom as does love by the senses. Frustrated, it creates even greater havoc, for like all love it is a madness.

Thornton Wilder
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The world needs educated people to lead it. People with the ability to know right from wrong, and to act accordingly. Fear of love is a very common thing among people, but underneath the fear is pain. Love is one of the most powerful forces in existence, but it is also one of the most dangerous.

Love can bring peace and happiness to a world that needs it most; but love can also destroy all that we love. This quote reminds us that education is not only about learning facts and figures for academic purposes, it encompasses knowledge that can enhance our lives as well as make us better people.

Source: The Ides Of March

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