"Educators are aware that they can reach the youth only by making use of gang spirit and guiding it, not by working against it."

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Source : Johan Huizinga (1972). “America; a Dutch historian's vision, from afar and near”

Johan Huizinga

#Use Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Youth Quotes

“The more princes abstain from touching the wealth of their people, the greater will be their resources in the wants of the state.”
“I was in Nauvoo on the 26th of May, 1846, for the last time, and left the city of the Saints feeling that most likely I was taking a final farewell of Nauvoo for this life. I looked upon the temple and city as they receded from view and asked the Lord to remember the sacrifices of His Saints.”
“That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.”
“We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.”
“I'm not crazy or dangerous, just a bit eccentric and lonely.”
“Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show.”
“Ruins are ideal: the perceiver's attitudes count so heavily that one is tempted to say ruins are a way of seeing.”
“I don't know of any good work of art that doesn't have a mystery.”

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