Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival. – W. Edwards Deming

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. – Anthony de Mello

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education. – Simon van der Meer