"Good teachers never say anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place."

-- S. I. Hayakawa

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“The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, a mother must have her children believe she has never engaged in sex, never made a bad decision, never caused her own mother a moment's anxiety, and was never a child.”
“It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious. . . . I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life.”
“I understand why some bands don't like test new songs, but for us it's been very helpful and it hasn't really backfired. I was nervous that our second record was - you know, you could hear the whole thing on YouTube before the album came out because we played it all live, but it ended up being something that people appreciated.”
“Every journey is played out between standstill and flight.”

Source : Claudio Magris (2001). “Danube”, Vintage
“But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.”
“The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.”
“Not as men of science , not as critics , not as philosophers , but as little children , shall we enter into the kingdom of heaven .”

Source : John Campbell Shairp (1871). “Culture and Religion in Some of Their Relations”, p.127
“When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.”

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