"To find one's special quality One must lead a life of deep humility. To serve in this way Never question but obey Is the blessing of St Aggie's charity. - The owls of St. Aegolius"

-- Kathryn Lasky

#Humility Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Owl Quotes

“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'”

Source : "'Who's Killing Philly Public Schools?': Daniel Denvir on Plan for School Closings, Privatization". www.truth-out.org. May 25, 2012.
“I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.”
“I'm very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years' time.”
“Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front. That's about it. It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies.”
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”
“Your waist size should not be more than half your height.”
“Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.”
“And I came to understand, in a way I never had before, that books are truly the stuff of miracles. I even dared to dream that someday, somehow, I might surround myself with books from many times and many tongues...”

Source : T. A. Barron (2011). “The Lost Years”, p.65, Penguin

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