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“A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor.”
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“The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him.”
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“You left ground and sky weeping, mind and soul full of grief. No one can take your place in existence or in absence.”
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“Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him.”
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“People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of character and moral literacy-can be conservative, and good people can be liberal. We must not permit our disputes over thorny political questions to obscure the obligation we have to offer instruction to all our young people in the area in which we have, as a society, reached a consensus: namely, on the importance of good character, and some of its pervasive particulars.”
Source : "The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories". Book edited by William Bennett, 1993.
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“I believe that all genial classrooms share at least five characteristics that guide their instruction regardless of content or grade level. These characteristics are (1) freedom to choose, (2) open-ended exploration, (3) freedom from judgment, (4) honoring every student's experience, and (5) belief in every student's genius.”
Source : Thomas Armstrong (1998). “Awakening Genius in the Classroom”, p.60, ASCD
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“Nothing commends a radical change to an Englishman more than the belief that it is really conservative.”
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“As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.”
