“It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves.” PeopleFeelsPersonsSaidPlayFormStrongForceCan DoSimpleTakenTeachingPrideVoteFilledAveragePhilosopherConvictionDuesContraryCardsVotingBigotryAcceptableTheologianConvenienceAverage PersonEvangelists Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The teacher must herself be excited if she is to sell her goods. And she can do an exciting job in stirring the student without herself knowing all the answers.” IfsJobsCan DoAnswersKnowingTeacherTeachingStudentsExcitingSellsExcitedGoodsStirring Author:Julius Sumner Miller
“The name of the new religion, said Rumfoord, is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent. . . The two chief teachings of this religion are these: Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.” MenSaidTwoHelpingHandsReligionNamesCan DoChurchTeachingPleaseLuckChiefsAlmightyIndifferentHands Of God Book:The Sirens of Titan Source: The Sirens of Titan
“It can do truth no service to blind the fact, known to all who have the most ordinary acquaintance with literary history, that a large portion of the noblest and most valuable moral teaching has been the work not only of men who did not know, but of men who knew and rejected the Christian faith.” KnowsMenHas BeensFactsChristianCan DoKnownMoralAtheismTeachingOrdinaryBlindValuablePositive AtheismPortionsRejectedAcquaintanceChristian Faith Author:John Stuart Mill
“The science of logic never made a man reason rightly, and the science of ethics never made a man behave rightly. The most such sciences can do is to help us to catch ourselves up and check ourselves, if we start to reason or to behave wrongly; and to criticise ourselves more articulately after we have made mistakes.” IfsMenArtMadeReasonHelpingCan DoMistakePsychologyTeachingEthicsLogicChecksBehaveMade A MistakeCriticiseTeaching Art Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
“Sometimes when I teach a student something that I think is really simple, I realize I'm teaching them something they can do 90 percent of really easily and the last 10 percent is going to take them 10 years.” ThinkingYearsSometimesLastsCan DoRealizingSimpleTeachTeachingStudentsPercent Author:Bruce Molsky