"My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witness individualsÂ positively transforming their lives and the world around them. Educating is a vocation rooted in hopefulness. As teachers we believe that learning is possible, that nothing can keep an open mind from seeking after knowledge and finding a way to know."

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Source : bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope”, p.14, Routledge

Bell Hooks

#Teacher Quotes #Believe Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music, often - in fact, mostly - at the expense of everything else in my life.”

Source : Stan Getz (2017). “Stan Getz - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments”, p.2, Hal Leonard Corporation
“When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.”
“Every time you enter a space, you are on public display. Nothing is private.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back.”
“Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?”
“When I don't understand things, I become passionate to understand.”
“Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the horizontal one”
“Empathy is the wellspring of creativity.”

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