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Quote by Abraham Flexner

“There are men who teach best by not teaching at all.”

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Abraham Flexner was a distinguished American journalist and educational reformer, known for his significant contributions to medical education and higher education reform. He was born on November 13, 1866, and died on September 21, 1959. more

“They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the lives of your betters. It makes you wise in some ways, but it can make you a blindfolded fool in others.”

Knows Way Made Knowledge Wise Missing Ready Fool Offers Educated Temptation Shops Shields Blindfolded

Book:World of wonders

Source: World of wonders

“There are two kinds of researchers : those that have implemented something and those that have not. The latter will tell you that there are 142 ways of doing things and that there isn't consensus on which is best.The former will simply tell you that 141 of them don't work.”

Way Kind Two Knowledge Former Latter Consensus Researchers

Author:David Cheriton

“All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of Influence to shape much of our lives by default. We reactively live the scripts handed to us by family, associates, other people's agendas, the pressures of circumstance - scripts from our earlier years, from our training, our conditioning.”

“Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.”

Book Term Knowledge Ignorance Dunces Book Learning

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.”

People Values Vision Principles Behavior Consequence Criminals Gang

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

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