I once had a student protest in my class that he was not paying for a liberal education. I asked him if he agreed with a statement by Harry E. Fosdick, “No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.” He said he agreed.
I then told him that according to Albert Einstein, “No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.” The student asked, “What does that have to do with anything?”
It took some time to explain that only through education do we find “liberation” from ignorance, arrogance, intolerance and irreverence. Only then, can we rediscover the power of the mind, transform to a new conscience and solve the problem.
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