"Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake."

-- Roger Lewin

#Children Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Learning Quotes

“My dad was a breeder. Most of his work happened in little test plots and didn't require much labor. He tried growing them for a while, and realized that farming is hard. It's just brutally hard. We didn't have the interest or fortitude to farm.”
“The moment it begins to question itself, the mind becomes so clear that it starts working with itself rather than with the body's identification.”
“Raw and honest is what I go for [in my style of shooting]. I am looking for your inner beauty. The outside tells a story... But together is raw honesty.”
“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.”

Source : Lech Walesa's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1983.
“Haters are the people who will broadcast your failures and whisper your success.”
“Well, I'm a bacteriologist, you know. I live in a nine-hundred-diameter microscope. I can hardly claim to take serious notice of anything that I can see with my naked eye.”
“The Beauty of the Mountain is hidden for all those who try to discover it from the top, supposing that, one way or an other, one can reach this place directly. The Beauty of the Mountain reveals only to those who climbed it...”
“If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?”

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