My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons. (February 4, 2002 interview by Terry Gross with Gene Simmons on NPR's Fresh Air)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Simmons praises his mother's practical wisdom over formal education, suggesting life experience beats book learning.
- In plain terms
- He values his mother's life philosophy more than the knowledge of educated people.
- What can you take from it?
- Life experience often provides wisdom that education does not.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can wisdom exist without school?
- Who taught you the most?
Another view
Formal education offers unique benefits experience cannot.
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