Good teaching is one-fourth
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. Gail Godwin
Learning
If I hadn’t been
If I hadn’t been told I was garbage, I wouldn’t have learned how to show people I’m talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn’t have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn’t told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if … Read more
Let the radiance of
Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and my goodwill purer gold than the columns and gold of rich schools. Gabriela Mistral
Education… has produced a
Education… has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. G. M. Trevelyan
More than ever before,
More than ever before, we need to learn and apply the principles of economic self-reliance. We do not know when the crisis involving sickness or unemployment may affect our own circumstances. We do know that the Lord has decreed global calamities for the future and has warned and forewarned us to be prepared. For this … Read more
Artists are the antennae
Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists. Ezra Pound
The ant’s a centaur
The ant’s a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made order, or made grace, Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down. Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry, Pull down thy vanity, Paquin pull down! … Read more
Real education must ultimately
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. Ezra Pound
We learn to believe
We learn to believe by believing. We learn to love by loving. The practice of acting on a certain thing, even (or especially) when feeling is absent, embodies the entire “how” of growth. Eugenia Price
It would be idle,
It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all. Eugene Znosko-Borovsky