{"id":157702,"date":"2026-08-06T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=157702"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:57:27","slug":"quoted-from-quora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/08\/06\/quoted-from-quora\/","title":{"rendered":"Quoted from Quora\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Good lesson to all the parents <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I saw a woman in TV shouting at police near the Mahara prison claiming that her son used drugs with her own money not government\u2019s money <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A prisoner sentenced to death and awaiting execution asked as his last wish for a pencil and paper. After writing for several minutes, the condemned man called the prison guard and asked that the letter be delivered to his biological mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter said…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mother, if there were more justice in this world, we would both be executed, not just me. You are as guilty as I am for the life I have led.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember when I stole and took home a bicycle from a boy like me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You helped me hide it so my father wouldn’t find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember when I stole money from my neighbor’s wallet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You came with me to spend it at the shopping mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember when you argued with my father and he left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He just wanted to correct me for stealing the final results of the course, which led to my expulsion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mom, I was just a child, then I became a troubled teenager, and now I’m a rather poorly formed man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mom, I was just a child who needed correction, not approval. But even so, I forgive you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I only ask that you get this letter to as many parents as possible in the world, so they know that what makes all men become good or bad people…is…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world (Nelson Mandela).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education and discipline begin in the earliest years of childhood and last until the last day of life (Pythagoras).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educate the children so that it is not necessary to punish the adults (Pythagoras)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regards

Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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