Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. (Mahatma Ghandi)

Thank you, M, for this link. It is certainly worth reading! We shall shortly be moving on to the second topic so I thought you might like to take a look at George Bernard Shaw's answer to the question:  What is wrong with our system of education?

Ernest Hemingway once said (wrote?): I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Interesting.