Kids say the darndest things

Last night Phillip and I were talking about "The Pushcart War", the book he's doing his project on. It's a satire about war and human weakness.
Our conversation led to many directions, and we (he, mostly) talked bout the evil that happens in the world, religion, and his take on our president (!)
At some point he said, "A learned man is a worried man".
"Why do you say that?" I asked.
"Well, a learned man knows what's happening in the world and he knows about people who don't have enough to eat, and about countries where there is war and places where they have bad governments. And he wants to help them. But he can't help them all because he is just one person, so he worries."
"If you have your eyes open wide you see everything in the world and that is too much for a person. If you have your eyes open medium wide, maybe you see your neighborhood, your country“.
”And if you have your eyes open just a little bit you see your family, your friends and your school, and that's something you can help make better."