ON THE LOVE OF LEARNING 2
There is the need to study to be steady. Destiny is to be driven to its destination and information is the vehicle. It is important to study to be steady. The word light is actually from the Greek word “phos” and this means knowledge while the greek word for darkness, “skoltia” relates to darkness. Knowledge is therefore the light that brings illumination to your path.
Paul who wrote one-third of the new testament Bible had this to say:
“ Give attendance to reading, exhortation and doctrine.”
He was also famous for saying,
"The cloak I left at Troas, bring with thee and the books especially the part (notes)"
He was a man who had a clear thirst for information.
He was even accused by Titus: “And Festus cried with a loud voice; You must be mad; too much learning hath made thee mad!’
I feel i should say that you do not read because of what you want to get out of books. Instead you read because of what you want the books to get out of you. Reading is a journey, never a destination. You can become a mental carnivore and an intellectual omnivore by picking a book.
Adolf Hitler was never a formally educated man. Indeed, due to his want of talent, he never finished High School. The knowledge he got about world affairs was by a voracious reading of books which culminated in his anti-Jewish sentiments and his anti-democratic convictions.
The first female senior advocate of Nigeria and the first female commissioner of the Western State of Nigeria, (appointed in 1970) Chief Mrs. Folake Solanke on the 17th of November, 2011, while being conferred with an honorary Doctor of Literature during the 63rd convocation of the University of Ibadan said:
“Globally, young people are spending too much time surfing the internet and sitting in front of the TV screen. They neglect the book. This is appalling. Reading nurtutes the soul, expands the reader’s horizon, broadens the mind, shapes the intellect, enhances knowledge, increases the vocabulary and is a most profitable way of spending time.”
There is the need to study to be steady. Destiny is to be driven to its destination and information is the vehicle. It is important to study to be steady. The word light is actually from the Greek word “phos” and this means knowledge while the greek word for darkness, “skoltia” relates to darkness. Knowledge is therefore the light that brings illumination to your path.
Paul who wrote one-third of the new testament Bible had this to say:
“ Give attendance to reading, exhortation and doctrine.”
He was also famous for saying,
"The cloak I left at Troas, bring with thee and the books especially the part (notes)"
He was a man who had a clear thirst for information.
He was even accused by Titus: “And Festus cried with a loud voice; You must be mad; too much learning hath made thee mad!’
I feel i should say that you do not read because of what you want to get out of books. Instead you read because of what you want the books to get out of you. Reading is a journey, never a destination. You can become a mental carnivore and an intellectual omnivore by picking a book.
Adolf Hitler was never a formally educated man. Indeed, due to his want of talent, he never finished High School. The knowledge he got about world affairs was by a voracious reading of books which culminated in his anti-Jewish sentiments and his anti-democratic convictions.
The first female senior advocate of Nigeria and the first female commissioner of the Western State of Nigeria, (appointed in 1970) Chief Mrs. Folake Solanke on the 17th of November, 2011, while being conferred with an honorary Doctor of Literature during the 63rd convocation of the University of Ibadan said:
“Globally, young people are spending too much time surfing the internet and sitting in front of the TV screen. They neglect the book. This is appalling. Reading nurtutes the soul, expands the reader’s horizon, broadens the mind, shapes the intellect, enhances knowledge, increases the vocabulary and is a most profitable way of spending time.”
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