“When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, "Never keep your mind aler.” TryingMindChildrenSchoolPurposeForceAcceptingDisciplineAdultsPurposefulness Book:The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism Source: The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism
“If they weren't so dangerous and destructive, one could smile and pat the Modern Liberal on the head and tell him how cute he is and go on about the business of being an adult. But he is dangerous and destructive, with the True Believer's very purpose being the total destruction of everything that God and science-most obviously Western Civilization-has ever created. ...The Modern Liberal will invariably and, in fact, inevitably side with evil over good, wrong over right and the behaviors that lead to failure over those that lead to success.” IfsFactsPurposeEvilSidesModernDangerousGoes OnCivilizationBehaviorAdultsDestructionWesternBelieverCuteDestructiveWestern CivilizationTrue BelieverGod And Science Author:Evan Sayet
“I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.” GivingBelievePurposeVirtueTakenWeekAdultsGrinder Author:Jeb Bush
“If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up.” IfsChildrenWantedLife IsPurposeDiesGrowsSecretGrowing UpMy FriendsAdultsCriticalVulnerableFrank Author:Maurice Sendak
“No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do. He knew the way he thought things should be, and Mr. Harinton was proving that other people--even adults--could feel the same way. Nicholas had something to aim for now. He might not know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but he knew with absolute certainty how he wanted to be.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsShouldMightWantedPurposeGrewProveGrew UpAdultsAbsolutesAimCertaintyAbsolute Certainty Author:Trenton Lee Stewart
“We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges.” ChildrenPhilosophyUsedPurposePerfectCrimeJudgingAdultsExcuseCriminalsContraryErasHelplessMurdererTransformingPerfect CrimePremeditation Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“The purpose of adult education is to help them to learn, not to teach them all you know and thus stop them from learning.” KnowsHelpingPurposeTeachLearningTeachingAdultsAdult Education Author:Carl Rogers