George Whitman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher.
-- George Whitman

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The business of books is the business of life.
-- George Whitman

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Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise.
-- George Whitman

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Give what you can, take what you need.
-- George Whitman

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I wanted a bookstore because the book business is the business of life.
-- George Whitman

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As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes and princesses and fear and terror and the Four Musketeers and almost anything other than nice little girls making moral decisions about whether to tell the teacher about what the other little girl did or did not do.
My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.
The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.
Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.
All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.
There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted you in a way I'd never experienced before. Before you, I just wanted to excel in football and school. I wanted my parents to be proud of me. But now, I want other things too. You get to me in a way I don't understand
All true religion, all true morality, all true mysticism have but one object, and that is to act on humanity, collective and individual, in such a manner that it shall correspond efficiently with the great law of development, and co-operate consciously therewith to achieve the end of development.
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

George Whitman famous quotes

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