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  A very little key will open a very heavy door.

  Charles Dickens

  Keys, Doors, Littles

  Charles Dickens, Peter Preston (1998). “The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories”, p.358, Wordsworth Editions

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• Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

  Albert Einstein

  Teacher, Teaching, Learning

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.67, Broadway Books

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• Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities - the political, the religious, the educational authorities - who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing - forming in our minds - their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable open-mindedness, chaotic, confused vulnerability to inform yourself.

  Timothy Leary

  Religious, Confused, Ocean

  "How to Operate Your Brain". Documentary, a guided meditation spoken by Timothy Leary and set to music, 1994.

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• Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.

  Abdul Kalam

  Creativity, Thinking, Giving

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai (2004). “Envisioning an Empowered Nation: Technology for Societal Transformation”, TATA McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

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• An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.

  Cato the Elder

  Anger, Eye, Men

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• Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

  Carl Sagan

  Positive, Hope, Knowledge

  Nobel Award Ceremony Speech by Professor Olga Botner, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2017.

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• None of us is as smart as all of us.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

  Twitter post from Dec 13, 2012

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• How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, Simon and Schuster

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• Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder.
  We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those from junior high to high school.
  But, that critical step taking students from high school into adulthood is badly broken. And it can no longer support the weight it must bear.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Strength, Strong

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• Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

  Marva Collins

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Marva Collins (1990). “Marva Collins' Way”, Tarcher

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

  Frank Jackson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Teacher, Art, Teaching

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  Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

  Jack Welch

  Leadership, Inspiration, Helping Others

  Jack Welch, Janet Lowe (2007). “Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader”, John Wiley & Sons

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• This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want. And, if you do this, people will keep coming back.

  John Ilhan

  Business, Simple, Thinking

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• If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Business, Inspiring Customer Service

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.

  Bill Vaughan

  Education, Learning, Talking

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• But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.

  Hector Hugh Munro

  Education, School, Boys

  Reginald in Russia (1910) "The Baker's Dozen"

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• The average schoolmaster is and always must be essentially an ass, for how can one imagine an intelligent man engaging in so puerile an avocation.

  H. L. Mencken

  Education, Intelligent, Men

  H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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• He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Horse, Ignorance

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.30, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

  George Saville

  Education, Teaching, Men

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• Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

  Norman Douglas

  Education, School, Echoes

  1929 How About Europe?

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• Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Ignorance, Racism

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.53, Cambridge University Press

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• The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Motivational, Education, Being Yourself

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti”, p.112, Krishnamurti Foundation of America

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• The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average teachers approximate the performance of good teachers.

  Margaret Mead

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  Margaret Mead, Rhoda Bubendey Métraux (1979). “Margaret Mead, some personal views”, Angus & Robertson

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• Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.

  Deborah Meier

  Inspirational, Family, Education

  Deborah Meier (2002). “The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem”, p.38, Beacon Press

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