We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
All living beings not just animals but plants and microorganisms perceive. To survive an organic being must perceive - it must seek or at least recognize food and avoid environmental danger.
We all recognize that in recent decades many important achievements have helped create a cleaner healthier environment yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.
In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace in marriage in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting rebellious time.
I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.
Both class and race survive education and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that they consider glamorous which is acting and yet I took a time to really get my education and study mathematics and I think math is the cat's meow.
Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.
Anyone who knows history particularly the history of Europe will I think recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
You must recognize embrace and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams.