"If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are the three Rs that our children need to master for the sake of their souls and the health of the world."

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Source : Zoe Weil (2003). “Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times”, p.41, New Society Publishers

Zoe Weil

#Inspiring Quotes #Children Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired.”
“Every creative act is an act of hypocrisy and violence. You may have to think about it for a while, but I am sure you can discover your own.”
“Frodo: Go back, Sam! Iâ€™m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and Iâ€™m coming with you!”
“You need people in a society to have reached a certain standard of living before they can be polite. You learn how to respect others because you don't have to fight as much, you have what you need.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story.”
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, 'I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.”
“Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with”

Source : Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2001.
“You don't treat the so-called little people poorly, because we don't have any little people here! The trainers, the managers, the secretaries, the people who work in the dorms and cafeterias and classroom buildings are all professionals, and they're all important or they wouldn't be working for Michigan football.”

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