"It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles." ― Muriel Spark Topic(s): Health More From Muriel Spark "To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion." "When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality." "Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that’s their order of importance." More In Health "Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner."― Frank Dobson "At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security."― Ruben Hinojosa "And under the existing circumstances, I understand there are situations where people indeed need care and need services, but I believe in America that the majority of those people are getting those services under situations and circumstances that are afforded to them by their health care providers and their state government."― Jan Brewer