I am reading my second book of Simone De Beauvoir and finding it exceedingly stimulating. This woman has really lived. In All Said and Done she writes: “I called out for life and welcomed it. My search often led me into blind alleys. But I also made some most rewarding discoveries. And this attitude of [...]

Knowledge is power! I first heard that phrase in my teens but I am now truly beginning to understand what it means. Knowledge gained through reading, discussions, listening and life-experience cannot be taken away. Unlike the Stockmarket it cannot be eroded or pilfered. No thief can break into your brain and steal it. Once acquired [...]

I received the following note from one of my readers who is a mature age student attending the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom: “2010 has been a year in which I truly discovered the joy of learning. My years of reading, learning and observing have really come together during the past 12 months. [...]