"Boys need to learn the value of spiritual……" — Michael Gurian
"Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful peace. Because we adults don't usually practice enough solitude—because we are always 'doing' things—we often neglect to teach our boys to find solitude"
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20 Quotes by Michael Gurian
Michael Gurian has 20 quotes on this site.
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We expect him to take up a lot of space in his gangly experiments with life, and we teach him,…
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Our youth want less adult contact if that co ntacttreats them like boys. They want more adult contact that treats…
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The culture in which you parent, mentor, or educate boys exhorts them to be individualistic and group-oriented at once, but…
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As our lives speed up more and more, so do our children's. We forget and thus they forget that there…
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Jed Diamond is, quite simply, one of the wisest men writing today on the topic of male emotional and physical…
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Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with…
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If Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer were alive today, we’d say they had ADD or a conduct disorder. They [boys]…
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One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the…
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Teacher cannot solve or heal all student stress. The teacher can be vigilant in trying to guide the child toward…
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Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.
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The quickest way to create a boy or man who lacks compassion is to judge and shame his feelings.
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As Carl Jung once said, 'When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.' When our…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
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