"Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is a very beautiful letter, full of good advice. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside, it says. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat."

-- Malala Yousafzai

#Beautiful Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Father Quotes

“The truly beautiful are often abused for apparent ugliness just as those with great vision often bump into things.”
“I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.”
“No one can endure his own solitude.”
“The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.”
“You get a lot of narrative energy from people who make really big mistakes, who act against their best interests, who do things that turn out to have serious consequences. It's very hard make a story out of people doing the right thing over and over again.”
“There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played”
“To get useful new ideas, we must go beyond our immediate circle and make contact with distant parts of the social system.”

Source : Richard Koch, Greg Lockwood (2010). “Superconnect: Harnessing the Power of Networks and the Strength of Weak Links”, p.28, W. W. Norton & Company
“When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president. I think I am good material for the presidency.' Not at all.”

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