“Helping children at a level of genuine intellectual inquiry takes imagination on the part of the adult. Even more, it takes the courage to become a resource in unfamiliar areas of knowledge and in ones for which one has no taste. But parents, no less than teachers, must respect a child's mind and not exploit it for their own vanity or ambition, or to soothe their own anxiety.” MindChildrenHelpingParentImaginationLevelsTeacherTasteAnxietyAmbitionIntellectualAdultsResourcesAreasGenuineVanityInquiryExploitsUnfamiliarHelping Children Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“Scientific reason, with its strict conscience, its lack of prejudice, and its determination to question every result again the moment it might lead to the least intellectual advantage, does in an area of secondary interest what we ought to be doing with the basic questions of life.” LifeDoeReasonMomentsMightInterestResultsOughtIntellectualConscienceAdvantageAreasDeterminationPrejudiceStrict Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses
“I began studying human emotions more than twenty years ago. At that time, almost every scientist working in this area was studying one of the negative emotions, like fear, anger, anxiety, or depression. I wondered why no scientists cared to explain why we humans sometimes feel upbeat and pleasant. I liked the idea of charting new terrain. It's been a fun intellectual puzzle. There's so much to discover!” FeelsYearsHumansIdeasSometimesFunEmotionStudyAnxietyIntellectualAreasNegativeYears AgoScientistTwentiesPleasantPuzzlesTerrainHuman EmotionsNegative EmotionsUpbeatCharting Author:Barbara Fredrickson
“I am still happy to be close to the city, [to be] connected to the intellectual source in Ferndorf. In this area, [I feel] connected with nature and unimportant in a postitive way.” WayFeelsStillsCitiesSourceIntellectualAreasConnectedUnimportant Author:Volker Bertelmann
“Kids coming from very difficult economic circumstances in urban areas are in some ways discriminated against in ways that are similar to the way people with intellectual disabilities are discriminated against. People are afraid of them. People sometimes assume that they don't have skills, gifts or abilities to contribute.” PeopleWaySometimesKidsDifficultAbilityEconomicCircumstancesSkillsIntellectualAreasAssumingDisabilityUrbanUrban AreasIntellectual Disability Author:Timothy Shriver
“When considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. Religion is one area of our lives where people imagine that some other standard of intellectual integrity applies.” PeopleReligionOur LivesImagineHonestIntegrityIntellectualStandardsEvidenceAreasArgumentEngagedLogicalImagine ThatConsideringPropositionsAppraisalLogical Arguments Book:Letter to a Christian Nation Source: Letter to a Christian Nation
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” BelieveMeanFacesSpiritDesireI BelieveVisionPrinciplesPracticeLearningShapesAchievementIntellectualAreasPerfectionExperiencePerformancesDancingDanceAthleteSatisfactionObstaclesLive ByDedicatedPreciseInvitingDance Performance Author:Martha Graham
“Human beings are very unbalanced and prone to go off on tangents. In every area of life- with too great emphasis on one thing, leaving out another important thing altogether. None of us will ever be perfectly balanced in our spiritual lives, our intellectual lives, our emotional lives, our family lives, in relationships with other human beings, or in our business lives. BUT WE ARE CHALLENGED TO TRY, WITH THE HELP OF GOD. We are meant to live in the scriptures.” TryingHumansImportantHelpingSpiritualHuman BeingsOne ThingEmotionalIntellectualAreasImportant ThingsLeavingScriptureOur FamilySpiritual LifeBalancedEmphasisFamily LifeRelationships With OthersEmotional LifeIntellectual LifeUnbalancedBusiness Life Author:Edith Schaeffer
“Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified as theory.” VirtueTheoryIntellectualAreasSpeculationAcademiaIntellectual Life Author:Michael Crichton