I do not remember anything which Confucius has said directly respecting man's "origin, purpose, and destiny." He was more practical than that.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Instilling values of faith at an early age is important. Listening them through adolescence comes more important than teaching because if you… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
As the innocent infant relies upon the mother for sustenance, so the innocent wanderer, following his native compassion and bliss, relies upon… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
A tutor should not be continually thundering instruction into the ears of his pupil, as if he were pouring it through a… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Public hangings are teaching moments. Every company has to do it. A teaching moment is worth a thousand CEO speeches. CEOs can… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
My position on the issue of homosexuality is no different from the position of the Anglican Church and all the major denominations… — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Even though their arguments did not invoke religion, I think we all know what's behind these arguments. They're trying to protect religious… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Water conservation goes hand in hand with education. Teaching people that if you literally run the water while you brush your teeth… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
In teaching, the other main problem related to type is the students’ interest. Intuitives and sensing types differ greatly in what they… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Anyone attempting to live a Christian lifestyle will always be pressed towards settling for "nominal Christianity." For the believer who lives in… — Matthew West Copy Share Image
Rapture teaching is one of the most faith deadening teachings ever preached. It has the most neutralizing affect on a Christian's aggressive… — Bill Hamon Copy Share Image
I definitely love history. I'm not formally trained or educated in history, but you could say I did go back to college… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Excellent Sheep is likely to makea lasting mark for three reasons. One, Mr. Deresiewicz spent twenty-four years in the Ivy League, graduating… — Dwight Garner Copy Share Image
there was no crime in unconscious plagiarism; that I committed it everyday, that he committed it everyday, that every man alive on… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The ruin of a man's teaching comes of his followers, such as having never touched the foundation he has laid, build upon… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
And I'm not a student of religion, but I don't find anything in what the principal teachings of Islam that put us… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the only way to learn something really well is to revert to the state of mind of a novice and reawaken… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
I believe that a core problem with undergraduate education, especially at research universities like Harvard, Stanford, NYU, etc, is that most teaching… — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Zen is to religion what a Japanese "rock garden" is to a garden. Zen knows no god, no afterlife, no good and… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The white people who are guilty of white supremacy are trying to hide their own guilt by accusing The Honorable Elijah Muhammad… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was… — R. Carlos Nakai Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between Jesus and Muhammad and their teachings. When the Jews brought a prostitute to Christ and asked… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Dependent Origination is the teaching (that life) is not the mere play of blind chance, but has an existence that is dependent… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Each child is poisoned by the society through teaching him ambition. Ambition is a poison far more dangerous than any alcohol can… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
If you can frame climate change as an alternate religion, or as one more of those issues where the pointy-headed liberal atheist… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
The Christians and the Jews do not believe that the Bible is the verbatim words of God. In fact it is clear… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If I'm teaching girls that do love to make cookies and do love fashion - that they can use math as a… — Danica McKellar Copy Share Image
...one of the reasons I like classes and structured learning is that they encourage -and contribute to-the belief that life is orderly,… — James Roby Copy Share Image
To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Is it any wonder that Socrates was outraged at the accusation he took money to teach? Even then, philosophers saw clearly the… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity,… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
I think what Laura Linney was saying about teaching her all the lessons as a child actor, right, that's a whole ball… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
