"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

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Source : Attributed in "Words of Wisdom" edited by William Safire and ‎Leonard Safir, (p. 58), 1990.

Maria Montessori

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“The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.”

Source : "Manning Marable obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2011.
“When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.”
“There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?”
“If I fall over and make mistakes, I'll pick myself back up and hope for the best and try to conduct myself with as much authenticity and moral code.”
“I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception.”
“Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feel motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive.”
“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”
“Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.”

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