"He looked at the book, took my name, and consulted his records. Then he informed me I had been lost at sea and was dead. Under the circumstances, he could not possibly give me any money... Even the fact that he was dealing with someone who had been dead for several days failed to awaken interest in his official heart."

-- Elizabeth Kenny

#Book Quotes #Heart Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.”
“A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.”
“Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments â€“ and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education.”
“If philosophy begins in wonder, pedagogy typically begins in frustration.”
“When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.'”
“An ongoing challenge for Australia is ensuring equity of access to technology. Since the decline in federal funding, many schools are reverting to bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs and this puts the onus back on families to fund devices.”

Source : "The Global Search for Education: The Tech Report - From Australia". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2015.
“Real speech can only come from complete silence. Incomplete silence is as fussy as deliberate conversation.”

Source : Dorothy Miller Richardson (1967). “Pilgrimage”
“I'm not sure when or why the tabloid angle on me was decided that I am a cad. I would have much rather it had been that I am secretly a dentist or that I love soup.”

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