This
is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized
by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead
of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances
complaining that the world will not devote itself to making
you happy.
I
am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community
and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever
I can.
I
want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I
work the more I live. I rejoice in lifer for its own sake.
Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is a sort of
splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and
I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing
it on to future generations.
(Gearge
Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman)
Blessed
are the flexible
for
they shall not be bent out of shape
(author
unknown)
I
suppose teachers have always been intuitively aware of the
fact that when they change their method of teaching, certain
children who have appeared to be slow learners or even nonlearners
become outstanding achievers.
(Torrance,
1965, p. 253)
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In
a real sense all life is interrelated. All men are caught
in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single
garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects
all indirectly . . . I can never be what I ought to be until
you are what you ought to be, and you can nevver be what
you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the
interrelated structure of reality.
(Martin
Luther King, Jr.)
Inexperience
is what a young man do what an older man says is impossible
(author
unknown)
We
never have firm rock beneath our feet; we are walking on
a bog, and we can be certain only that the bog is sufficiently
firm to carry us for the time being. Not only is this all
the certainty that we can achieve, it is also all the certainty
we can rationally wish for, since it is precisely the tenuousness
of the ground that constantly prods us forward...Only doubt
and uncertainty can provide a motive for seeking new knowledge.
(Skagestaad,
1981, p.18)
If
children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume
that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them.
(Marie
Clay)
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