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Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.”

Book:A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se

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A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se

This book features a compilation of wisdom from various sources, offering readers a daily dose of thought-provoking insights designed to enhance personal growth and reflection. more

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“It was at home I learned the little I know. Schools always appeared to me like a prison, and never could I make up my mind to stay there, not even for four hours a day, when the sunshine was inviting, the sea smooth, and when it was joy to run about the cliffs in the free air, or to paddle in the water.”

Knows Mind Littles Home Running School Joy Water Hours Learning Four Air Sea Prison Sunshine Smooth Cliffs Inviting Unschooling

Author:Claude Monet

“What we call education and culture is for the most part nothing but the substitution of reading for experience, of literature for life, of the obsolete fictitious for the contemporary real.”

Real Culture Reading Literature Education Learning Teaching Educational Contemporary Schooling Obsolete Unschooling Substitution

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”

People Inspirational Abandon Encouraging Sincerely Motivational Work Afraid Of Failure Bitter Truth

Author:Chanakya

“It's exciting to see how fast your kids learn and grow. I'm not too worried about them, particularly the ones who like to break rules and don't follow instructions; those are the ones that will do just fine because they know what's important to them.”

Knows Important Kids Grows Break Learning Fine Exciting Worried Instruction What's Important

Author:Michael Dell

“I exclusively attended public school... And I can honestly say that on the day of my graduation, if you had given me a pop quiz on history, science, or math, I would have in no way been able to pass it - despite the fact that I completely understood it at the time that it had been 'taught' to me, and had even made a good 'grade' on it.”