"The theory of meaning says that joining and serving in things larger than you that you believe in while using your highest strengths is a recipe for meaning."

-- Joel Garreau

#Believe Quotes #Joining Quotes #Recipes Quotes

“Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.”
“This life in us; however low it flickers or fiercely burns, is still a divine flame which no man dare presume to put out, be his motives never so humane and enlightened; To suppose otherwise is to countenance a death-wish; Either life is always and in all circumstances sacred, or intrinsically of no account; it is inconceivable that it should be in some cases the one, and in some the other.”
“Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.”
“The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.”
“People imitate their leader. Lead by example.”
“None of us is perfect. Everyone has got a skeleton in the closet that they don't want people to find out. I just let it go, with a bit of humor.”
“I'm not good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away.”
“Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.”

Source : "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

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