The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. —Sydney Harris
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

Sydney Harris American newspaper columnist

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Education is to turned closed minds into open minds

RJ from Valley of the Sun
August 20, 2017

Nice

Anant from India
September 22, 2016

beautiful

Venkatramana from India, Bangalore
September 16, 2016

Learning is the key to success.

Deborah from Radcliff Kentucky
August 22, 2016

True. The only way to see outside is to learn something

Ceasar from NY
August 19, 2016

...and hopefully the courage to look past the first thing, and find that is 'really' out there.

RJ from AZ
August 19, 2016

What a great to say it. I used the same philosophy as a teacher.

Jim from Missouri
August 19, 2016

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