“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” WellsChildrenArtPhilosophyLeadershipEducationTeacherTeachingProduceWords Of WisdomProductionsGreekEducateHappy LifeHonoredWise Man Once SaidLive WellBest TeacherArt Of LivingGreek PhilosopherTeachers And TeachingHappy Teachers Day Author:Aristotle
“In the beginning was the myth. God, in his search for self-expression, invested the souls of Hindus, Greeks, and Germans with poetic shapes and continues to invest each child's soul with poetry every day.” ChildrenSoulSelfExpressionShapesMythGreekPoeticSelf Expression Author:Hermann Hesse
“The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster [homosexuality] whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought to be Greek in origin, smaller than socialism but more deadly, especially to children.” WorldChildrenStillsKnownShapesWeaponsSizeMonstersSocialismGreekHomosexualityStumbling Author:Quentin Crisp
“School children and students who love God should never say: "For my part I like mathematics"; "I like French"; "I like Greek." They should learn to like all these subjects, because all of them develop that faculty of attention which, directed toward God, is the very substance of prayer.” ShouldChildrenSchoolPrayerAttentionSubjectsStudentsMathematicsSubstanceGod LoveGreekFaculty Book:The Simone Weil Reader Source: The Simone Weil Reader
“Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think.” ThinkingWayChildrenTodayParentDoorsConsciousPoliceMalesGreekAdolescenceHonoredEroticMagnetism Book:Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson