Posts Tagged: experience
The edge of reason
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” -Kurt Vonnegut
The edge of reason
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” -Kurt Vonnegut
A welcomed winter
“Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.” -William Carlos Willams
A welcomed winter
“Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold.” -William Carlos Willams
Until you have walked a mile in their moccasins
“A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it” -John Keats
Until you have walked a mile in their moccasins
“A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it” -John Keats
Life long learner
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. -John Dewey
Life long learner
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. -John Dewey
Government held for ransom
“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny” -Thomas Jefferson
Government held for ransom
“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny” -Thomas Jefferson
Proverb for the 21st century
“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.” -Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Proverb for the 21st century
“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.” -Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Book smart
“How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.” -Alexandre Dumas
Book smart
“How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.” -Alexandre Dumas
The well of wisdom
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” -Marcel Proust
The well of wisdom
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” -Marcel Proust
Education of the soul
“It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be Black or White, Greek, Russian or American.”
Education of the soul
“It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be Black or White, Greek, Russian or American.”
Life lessons learned
“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” -John Heywood
Life lessons learned
“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.” -John Heywood
Did I do that?
“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” -Oscar Wilde
Did I do that?
“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” -Oscar Wilde
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