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Quote by George MacDonald

“Moderation is the basis of justice.”

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George MacDonald was a 19th-century Scottish author known for his fantasy literature and religious thought. His works had a profound influence on later writers, such as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. more

“Yet while nature is in constant flux, we always go against the grain and try to freeze our ideas and experiences and make them absolute. It is egotism that makes us identify with one opinion rather than another, become quarrelsome and unkind, say *this* could not mean *that*, and think we have a duty to change others to suit ourselves.”

Thinking Trying Mean Ideas Opinion Knowledge Duty Absolutes Constant Suits Grain Self Knowledge Egotism Freeze Unkind Flux

Author:Karen Armstrong

“We need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were required to drop their questions, that would create armies of zombies- rows of jellyfish...The questioning mind is absolutely necessary.”

Ifs Needs Mind Attitude Knowledge Students Army Constant Genuine Questioning Zombie Jellyfish

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits nothing more or less than his or her Being.”

Knowledge Teacher Students West East Impart Transmit

Book:Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America

Source: Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America

“I know that I exist; the question is, What is this 'I' that 'I' know.”

Knows Knowledge

Author:Rene Descartes

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