"Therefore, teaching, talk and tale, however lucid or fascinating, effect nothing until self-activity be set up; that is, self-education is the only possible education; the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child's nature."

-- Charlotte Mason

#Children Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Learning Quotes

“Why did people run around in random directions when shooting started instead of literally hitting the deck to stay out of the line of fire? How stupid could you get?”

Source : Cheyenne McCray (2009). “The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel”, p.169, Macmillan
“Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean?”
“Then he knew that they had rounded the cape of good hope, and he took her large, soft hand again and covered it with forlorn little kisses, first the hard metacarpus, the long, discerning fingers, the diaphanous nails, and then the hieroglyphics of her destiny on her perspiring palm.”
“The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.”
“It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the appreciation of it exceed the pleasure of being able to tell others what to do. There is but one tick on the accuracy scale between 'optimism' and 'denial.'”
“The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.”
“The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.”
“I don't think there's much a person could say about me. My gangster's never been on trial.”

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