The document contains quotes from notable figures emphasizing the importance and power of education in changing the world for the better, as well as achieving freedom and cultivating the human mind and spirit. Education was described as the most powerful weapon to enact change by Nelson Mandela, and Abraham Lincoln and Epictetus both highlighted how education is key to freedom and being educated. John Steinbeck called teaching one of the greatest arts due to its ability to influence the human mind and spirit.

24. Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use
to change the world.
- Nelson Mandela
All I have learned, I learned from books.
- Abraham Lincoln
Only the educated are free.
- Epictetus
Teaching might even be the greatest of the
arts since the
medium is the human mind and spirit.
- John Steinbeck