Karolis

“Turgenev's brain was found to be one of the largest on record for neurologically typical individuals, weighing 2012 grams.”
― Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Fathers and Sons-Original Edition

“Who has ever heard of any ministry of education that is called upon to solve any social problem acutely felt in the country? Never has such a case occurred because the world of education is a sort of retreat where the individuals, for the whole of their scholastic life, remain isolated from the problems of the world.”
― Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind

“One-third of the landscape of the lower forty-eight states is covered in trees—728 million acres in all. Maine alone has 10 million uninhabited acres. That’s 15,600 square miles, an area considerably bigger than Belgium, without a single permanent resident. Altogether, just 2 percent of the United States is classified as built up.”
― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

“Identity is defined by conflicts and dilemmas more than by agreement.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century