APAD: Teachers die, but books live on

Not sure the origin of this proverb.  It means that books teach us wisdom of thousands of years. Teachers come and go, but books carry on. That’s why we can still access wisdom of greats such as Aristotle, Seneca, and Socrates nearly two thousand years after they walked on this planet (note Confucius was even longer).

No disrespect to teachers, as that is one of the most meaningful professions in my view. But books are immortal and last much longer than any of us.
 
I was an avid reader when I was young and I truly appreciated that. So I wanted the same for my son when he was young.  Anywhere we lived, be it a rental or our own house, I always made sure there was a public library nearby in walking distance so my son could spend lots of his free time there. That seems to have worked, as he once said: "I can't live without books, I read like a sponge suck in water."

In modern times as it is now, people are always so busy and there are so many temptations around, that young (or not too young ;-) may spend more time on their phones than on books, which might be a drawback in human progress. 

Sorry I might be boring you, but “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” - Frederick Douglas

Happy (another) Monday!

 

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• Book! How human civilization inherited. 聽到過一個老師說他在這 business -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 06:40:59

• 三十多年。嘿嘿 business is business -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 06:43:18

• 1 can see further by standing upon shoulders of giants ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 07:01:32

• 災難電影The day after tomorrow 場景。幾個人躲進紐約公共圖書館，乞丐教其他人如何在低溫中生存， -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 07:11:15

• 燒書取暖，有些書不能燒，如果人類文明在這次災難中消失，這些書是在未來人類文明的延續 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 07:16:34

• 當然也不忘黑一把人類社會，先爭論半天尼采能不能燒，然後找到認為最可以燒的書-----稅法，哈哈哈哈 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 07:20:18

• remember thatScene2, in aLibraryFull ofWooden furniture;-))) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (76 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 07:27:32

• It sounds like I'd better watch it(pun intended) :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:01:01

• Douglas also said knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 09:58:52

• He must have really felt it. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 09:59:25

• 4sure! he had aFascinating life being a runaway slave & -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:17:13

• helped 400+ runaway slaves later (with his wife) ! -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:18:42

• Wow，sounds like“孟母三遷”！Thumbs up！！！ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:30:10

• The spirits of teachers are permament via books. -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:31:43

• I also appreciate teacher‘s help. I started to learn to swim -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:33:22

• with a coach yesterday！She‘s amazing！I hope I can swim soon！ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:35:23

• Good 4 U! I was forced to jumo into deepEnd b4 know how ;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/03/2024 postreply 10:41:02

• better than being thrown into the deep -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/04/2024 postreply 12:32:18