"For success in training children the first condition is to become as a child oneself, but this means no assumed childishness, no condescending baby-talk that the child immediately sees through and deeply abhors. What it does mean is to be as entirely and simply taken up with the child as the child himself is absorbed by his life."

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Source : Ellen Key (2016). “The century of the child”, p.54, Ellen Key

Ellen Key

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“Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will only get better as you get older and wiser. If you write something beautiful and important, and the right person somehow discovers it, they will clear room for you on the bookshelves of the world-at any age. At least try.”
“Too many so-called leaders of the movement have been made into celebrities and their revolutionary fervor destroyed by mass media. They become Hollywood objects and lose identification with the real issues. The task is to transform society; only the people can do that”

Source : Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.242, Penguin
“To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.”
“If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic.”

Source : Zilpha Keatley Snyder (2012). “Black and Blue Magic”, p.183, Open Road Media
“Hip-hop is the last true folk art.”
“If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher.”
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”

Source : Ludwig Van Beethoven, John Trie (2017). “Ludwig Van Beethoven for Classical Guitar - Tablature: Arranged for Guitar by John Trie”, p.36, BoD - Books on Demand
“I always wanted a little brother because I felt like the little brother had to do everything.”

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