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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RJ from Valley of the Sun AUGUST 20, 2017
Education is to turned closed minds into open minds
Anant from India  SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Nice
Venkatramana from India, Bangalore  SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
beautiful
Deborah from Radcliff Kentucky AUGUST 22, 2016
Learning is the key to success.
Ceasar from NY AUGUST 19, 2016
True. The only way to see outside is to learn something
RJ from AZ AUGUST 19, 2016
...and hopefully the courage to look past the first thing, and find that is 'really' out there.
Jim from Missouri AUGUST 19, 2016
What a great to say it. I used the same philosophy as a teacher.

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