"To oscillate between drill exercises that strive to attain efficiency in outward doing without the use of intelligence, and an accumulation of knowledge that is supposed to be an ultimate end in itself, means that education accepts the present social conditions as final, and thereby takes upon itself the responsibility for perpetuating them. A reorganization of education so that learning takes place in connection with the intelligent carrying forward of purposeful activities is a slow work. It can be accomplished only piecemeal, a step at a time."

-- John Dewey

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“We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed with cancer. ... We want to teach you how to quiet the yammer ... how you can create comfort, inside and outside, how you can get warm, how you can feed yourself. And even learn to get through silence. ... There is a wilderness inside you, and a banquet. Both. [p. 253]”
“I'm the type of guy that I wear my heart on my sleeve. If I'm in a good or bad mood, then everybody knows it.”

Source : Interview with Steve Rosenfield, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Follow your passion and the rest will straighten itself out.”
“When a Russian pig has to be beaten, it would be the ordinary German worker who would have to do it.”

Source : "The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy". Book by Adam Tooze, p. 529, June 29, 2006.
“Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.”
“When you decide to like something, I mean, you may feel you're sort of innocently putting out your preferences, but actually you're delivering something of enormous value, which is indicating that, you know, you'd essentially like to be advertised to by this company.”
“Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.”
“it is in our minds that we live much of our life.”

Source : Ivy Compton-Burnett (2011). “A Heritage and its History”, p.23, A&C Black

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