The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

Jean Piaget
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  1. I could not think without writing.

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  3. I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.

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  5. All morality consists in a system of rules, and the essence of all morality is to be sought for in the respect which the individual acquires for these rules.

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