"I had the feeling of being crushed under a rock till I could see only one crack of light, and that was the love of God."

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Source : Gerald Priestland (1993). “My pilgrim way: late writings”, Burns & Oates

Gerald Priestland

#Light Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“In the industrial age, the CEO sat on the top of the hierarchy and didn't have to listen to anybody ... In the information age, you have to listen to the ideas of people regardless of where they are in the organization.”
“I turn children into killers.”
“People are pulled towards the best in themselves, and spotlighting the right is a much stronger approach than nagging.”
“We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later.”
“Dartmouth Winter Carnival opens, proving once again that bitter cold is no obstacle to going completely out of control.”
“In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever name they may be known, whether by the name of tribute, tythe, tallage, impost, duty, gabel, custom, subsidy, aid, supply, excise, or other name.”
“Unless you know a lot more about something than I do, I am not really that interested. I have too much information already.”
“One of the big misapprehensions about mathematics that we perpetrate in our classrooms is that the teacher always seems to know the answer to any problem that is discussed. This gives students the idea that there is a book somewhere with all the right answers to all of the interesting questions, and that teachers know those answers. And if one could get hold of the book, one would have everything settled. That's so unlike the true nature of mathematics.”

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