"Humans withdraw to their homes, and surrender the night to the creatures that own it: the crickets, the owls, the snakes. A world that hasn't changed for hundreds of thousands of years wakes up, and carries on as if the daylight and the humans and the changes to the landscape have all been an illusion."

-- M. L. Stedman

#Home Quotes #Night Quotes #Years Quotes

“Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.”
“... mathematical knowledge ... is, in fact, merely verbal knowledge. "3" means "2+1", and "4" means "3+1". Hence it follows (though the proof is long) that "4" means the same as "2+2". Thus mathematical knowledge ceases to be mysterious.”
“I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.”
“I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great.”
“Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her.”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2007). “Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56”, p.80, Penguin
“You reach peaks only to see there's another greater peak beyond it. Suddenly that one looks like it'd have a much better view. It's an endless cycle of going toward things that you think will provide you happiness. At the end of the day, right now, right here, wherever you are, you can make a choice to be present and happy and fulfilled.”
“My daughter's all grown up now compared to what she was, but I used to say, Iâ€™ve got to have my horse to where if sheâ€™s leading my horse somewhere, and sheâ€™s got a big armload of Barbies and drops something out of her hand, that son of a buck ought to stop and respect her while sheâ€™s gathering up all her dolls and not to walk on her or take advantage of her. And if Iâ€™ve done my work right, by gosh, thatâ€™s what theyâ€™ll do.”
“A tree is like a saint. It calls no one to itself, nor does it send anyone away. It offers to protect everyone who wants to come to it, whether this be a man, a woman, a child, or an animal.”

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