"... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This does not mean just to amuse him and let him do what he likes. But it does mean that we have to adjust our minds to doing a work of collaboration with nature, to being obedient to one of her laws, the law which decrees that development comes from environmental experience."

-- Maria Montessori

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“To replace the old paradigm of war with a new paradigm of waging peace, we must be pioneers who can push the boundaries of human understanding. We must be doctors who can cure the virus of violence. We must be soldiers of peace who can do more than preach to the choir. And we must be artists who will make the world our masterpiece.”

Source : Paul K. Chappell (2013). “The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World”, p.20, Easton Studio Press LLC
“ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.”
“I enjoy it when the world smiles; the more smiles, the warmer I am.”

Source : "The Shape" by Dejan Stojanovic, Gramatik, Podgorica, "The Shape and a Smile", (p. 10), 2000.
“I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.”
“If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.”
“I think someone who would watch this would think there is something wrong with me and something wrong with my friends.”
“In Bright Shadow: C.S. Lewis on the Imagination for Theology and Discipleship”
“Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none.”

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