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Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

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Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of…
How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth…
In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.
Mentoring is a mutuality that requires more than meeting the right teacher: the teacher must meet the right student.
I now understand what Nelle Morton meant when she said that one of the great tasks in our time is to "hear…
Teaching like any truly human activity emerges from one's inwardness.
Whoever our students may be, whatever the subject we teach, ultimately we teach who we are.
In classical understanding, education is the attempt to "lead out" from within the self a core of wisdom that has the power…
Our equal and opposite needs for solitude and community constitute a great paradox. When it is torn apart, both of these life-giving…
Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already…
We are exploring together. We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands…
Science requires an engagement with the world, a live encounter between the knower and the known.

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