The art to education is to continue to grow as long as you live.
Grow from what you are into what you desire to be. Live to learn and learn to live.
Grow a larger concept of education. Every moment brings its lesson. Every person is a teacher. Every place is a schoolroom. You university is the universe.
Grow in all directions. Cultivate the whole man. Develop a desire for goodness, an eagerness for knowledge, a capacity for friendship, an appreciation of a beauty, a concern for others….
Grow an inquisitive mind. Remember the Chinese proverb; “ He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question is a fool forever.” You can learn from everyone and everything.
Grow in awareness. Keep the channels of your senses alert to all that goes on outside of you. Keep your mind alert to the stream of thought received within you.
Grow in new directions. Do not stagnate in the backwash of outworn tradition. Respect the past and learn its lessons, then be alive to inquiry and change. Explore new areas and ideas.
Grow through all your years. Grow! Man is never finished. Man never arrives. Education never stops.
Written by (Wilfred Peterson) in 1960.
