"What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own."

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Source : "On the Infinite Universe and Worlds". Book by Giordano Bruno, 1584.

Giordano Bruno

#Virtue Quotes #Testimony Quotes #Clear Quotes

“But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.”
“How do you not like the Internet? That's like saying, 'I don't like things that are convenient. And easy. I don't like having access to all of mankind's recorded discoveries at my fingertips. I don't like light. And knowledge.”
“Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.”
“We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is.”

Source : Maria Irene Fornes (1987). “Promenade and Other Plays”, Paj Publication
“The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book." There is surely something to that. But it wasn't just the children of rabbis who went to law school. It was the children of garment workers. And their critical advantage in climbing the professional ladder wasn't the intellectual rigor you get from studying the Talmud. It was the practical intelligence and savvy you get from watching your father sell aprons on Hester Street.”
“How much do I owe you?”
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
“The fact that music can induce Goosebumps draw a tear inspire and connect is one of my favorite parts of being human”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 19, 2011

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