"Any piece of knowledge which the pupil has himself acquired- any problem which he has himself solved, becomes, by virtue of the conquest, much more thoroughly his than it could else be. The preliminary activity of mind which his success implies, the concentration of thought necessary to it, and the excitement consequent on his triumph, conspire to register the facts in his memory in a way that no mere information heard from a teacher, or read in a schoolbook, can be registered."

-- Herbert Spencer

#Teacher Quotes #Memories Quotes #Learning Quotes

“As a kid, I was always listening to music. I would just go in to my room and put on an album, read the lyrics, and just spend hours and hours in there. Plus, my sister Laurie played piano (in fact she taught me my first few notes) so music was always around one way or another.”
“Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.”

Source : "The stars pay tribute to the late Zsa Zsa Gabor" by Katie Frost, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 19, 2016.
“Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.”

Source : Slavoj Žižek (2009). “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce”, p.109, Verso
“First one works alone through the mind, then before the public through experience.”
“Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.”

Source : Constantine P. Cavafy, “Ithaca”
“In modern physics, the universe is experienced as a dynamic inseparable whole which always includes the observer in an essential way.”
“A consistent peace activist must be an anarchist.”
“We call our rich relatives the kin we love to touch”

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