“Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.”— May Sarton Related Quotes “Education is a great treasure.”— Lailah Gifty Akita “Knowledge is life.”— Lailah Gifty Akita “Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.”– Isabel Allende