Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Are our ways of teaching students to ask some questions always correlative with our ways of teaching them not to ask - indeed, to be unconscious of - others? Does the educational system exist in order to promulgate knowledge, or… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. ... I know what regret feels like; I've earned my… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
If things are tough, remember that every flower that ever bloomed had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get there. The… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
“Men are like parking spaces, the good ones are already taken and the ones left are running out of their metres” — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime. — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles. — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
