might think you are the best in what you do; art or science, teaching or preaching, even in entertainment. But you must understand something that the best kind of learning, is learning from the successful works of others.
Not being able to read is not an excuse for your lack of knowledge and wisdom, though, indeed, you read to gain knowledge of what is around you, not being able to read is likely to be ignorant of the happenings, the events and development around you.
This is not just about the pronunciations of words but reading in collection of books such as; news papers, magazines etc, it enlighten you and make you intelligent, they expose you to various experiences of life and enrich your understanding of the things around you and you read also to collect facts as evidence about life.
Living without reading, obviously; is dying without knowing. Though, when you read to acquire information and knowledge; information and knowledge without application is equally considered as frustration.
In the before ages, education was not a common thing in the society, surviving was the common thing in the society then. Education is meant to develop your knowledge and your mind critically, like they say; “a critical mind is an intelligent mind”.

Integrity
Another means for one to be emotionally and mentally strong in his thoughts and imaginations is “Integrity” for it deals with the pureness of your heart, the state of being sincere and not economical with your words. Integrity,