"To aid life, leaving it free, however, that is the basic task of the educator."

-- Maria Montessori

#Leaving Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Aids Quotes

“Under the desert sun, in the dogmatic clarity, the fables of theology and the myths of classical philosophy dissolve like mist. The air is clean, the rock cuts cruelly into flesh; shatter the rock and the odor of flint rises to your nostrils, bitter and sharp. Whirlwinds dance across the salt flats, a pillar of dust by day; the thornbush breaks into flame at night. What does it mean? It means nothing. It is as it is and has no need for meaning. The desert lies beneath and soars beyond any possible human qualification. Therefore, sublime.”
“All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.”

Source : Eugene Ionesco (2015). “Rhinoceros and Other Plays: Includes: The Leader; The Future Is in Eggs; It Takes All Kinds to Make a World”, p.17, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of different sizes, densities, colours and volumes, floating in space, traversing clouds, sprays of water, currents of air, viscosities and odours - of the greatest variety and disparity.”

Source : "The Artist's Voice: Talks with Seventeen Artists, Harper & Row, New York and Evanston, Illinois". Interview with Katherine Kuh, 1962.
“Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.”
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
“To be interested is to be absorbed in, wrapped up in, carried away by, some object. To take an interest is to be on the alert, to care about, to be attentive.”
“I believe people are genuinely good. I donâ€™t like to see the bad in people, so because of that, I could see myself falling into a bad situation. But thankfully, I havenâ€™t yet.”

Source : "Ben Lyons Sits Down With Josh Hutcherson". Interview with Ben Lyons, la-confidential-magazine.com. March 8, 2011.
“Love is nothing but a pain in the ass”

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