The Educated Man by : Senator Jovito Salonga (reposted)

What, then, is the educated man? Is he the man who has read a lot?
Partly yes, because his reading is serious and discriminate and uplifting.
Is he the man who remembers many facts and events?
Partly yes, because the training of memory is a wholesome discipline
that requires effort and application and because one cannot make a sound judgement without respect for
remembered facts.
Is the educated man, the one who because of his skill , is able to provide for himself and his family?
Partly yes, since education should teach us how to make a living.
But,...there is one thing we should always remember and it is this —
that far more important than the making of a living, is a living of life —
a good life, a meaningful life, an abundant life