"Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible."

-- Paulo Freire

#Teacher Quotes #Communication Quotes #Reality Quotes

“That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves.”

Source : Kim Stanley Robinson (2003). “Green Mars”, p.479, Spectra
“Differentiating from parental introjects and psychological defences based on the emotional pain of childhood is essential not only for neurotic or seriously disturbed individuals; it is a central developmental issue in every personâ€™s life.”

Source : Robert W. Firestone, Lisa Firestone, Joyce Catlett (2012). “The Self Under Siege: A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation”, p.12, Routledge
“The necessary fiddling about and moving things can be greatly facilitated by a bit of forethought.”
“There shall be poets! When woman's unmeasured bondage shall be broken, when she shall live for and through herself, man--hitherto detestable--having let her go, she, too, will be poet! Woman will find the unknown! Will her ideational worlds be different from ours? She will come upon strange, unfathomable, repellent, delightful things; we shall take them, we shall comprehend them.”
“I've never been that person who wants a Rolls Royce or wants to live in a mansion or what have you.”
“Yes, there was something special about me, and I knew what it was. I was the kind of girl they found dead in a hall bedroom with an empty bottle of sleeping pills in her hand.”
“Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.”
“But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.”

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