“I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship.” NeedsShouldWritingMeanChildrenBookIdeasHandsMightWould BeLanguageSupportViolenceFailingTeachingMiddleExpressionKissingAdultsTreatsCommittedLikesAbsurdGradesAppropriateCitizenshipTopicsOccasionalOrientationValidationExplicitHolding HandsBad WritingBad Language Author:Rick Riordan
“I verily believe that the kingdom of God advances more on spoken words than it does on essays written and read; on words, that is, in which the present feeling and thought of the teaching mind break into natural and forceful expression.” MindBelieveDoeFeelingsNaturalBreakWrittenTeachingExpressionKingdomsEssaysKingdom Of GodSpoken Word Book:Conditions of success in preaching without notes, 3 lects Source: Conditions of success in preaching without notes, 3 lects
“The main thing in making your own music is that it's an expression of someone's personality and being. That's what people want to hear, and you can't really teach that - that's just something that comes out. Teaching just hones that.” PeopleWantTeachTeachingExpressionPersonalityMusic Is Author:Michael Kiwanuka
“My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in our pursuit of the happy life. We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application-not far far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech-and learn them so well that words become works.” ShouldWritingWellsPiecesTeachingAdviceFiguresExpressionSpeechCapableMetaphorPhilosopherNoblePursuitPracticalsHelpfulApplicationHappy LifeHuntsCommonplaceExtravagantSpiritedFigures Of Speech Author:Seneca the Younger
“Let the children learn to see in nature an expression of the love and the wisdom of God; let the thought of Him be linked with bird and flower and tree; let all things seen become to them the interpreters of the unseen, and all the events of life be a means of divine teaching. As they learn thus to study the lessons in all created things and in all life's experiences, show that the same laws which govern the things of nature and the events of life are to control us, that they are given for our good, and that only in obedience to them can we find true happiness and success.” MeanChildrenShowsLawLife IsGivenStudyTreeTeachingEventsDivineExpressionFlowerLessonsBirdAll ThingsObedienceUnseenLinkedTrue HappinessInterpreterHappiness And Success Author:Ellen G. White
“Because God loves us, he gives us practical teaching and boundaries to protect our hearts. The whole thing is one big expression of a father's love for his children.” GivingHeartChildrenWholeBigsFatherTeachingExpressionProtectBoundariesPracticalsGod LoveGod Loves Us Author:Jennifer Rothschild
“In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the fact that what injures one injures all. To do evil i.e., to throw poison into the life-blood of humanity, is a crime against the unity.” FactsFormHumanityEvilCommonMoralSeeingBloodTeachingCrimeExpressionUnityPoisonCommon Life Author:Annie Besant