“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” ThinkingNeedsMeanLittlesFactsMistakeEducationTeachLearningFailingSeeingTeachingModernDutyHolyMiracleMethodPlantCuriosityEducationalGravesRuinsEnjoymentInstructionDelicateInquiryCoercionSelf EducationSchooledStimulationGreat EducationTeaching And LearningEducation And TeachersUnschoolingGreat EducationalTeaching And EducationTeaching EducationTeaching LearningGreat TeachingPhilosophy Of EducationFree EducationEducation And FreedomModern EducationMethods Of Teaching Book:The Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works Source: The Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works
“When the clouds shake their hyssops, and the rain Like holy water falls upon the plain, 'Tis sweet to gaze upon the springing grain And see your harvest born. And sweet the little breeze of melody The blackbord puffs upon the budding tree, While the wild poppy lights upon the lea And blazes 'mid the corn.” LittlesLightFallWaterBornTreeSweetHolySpringRainCloudsShakesMelodyGrainHarvestBreezeCornAprilSpringtimePuffPoppiesHoly Water Book:The Complete Poems Source: The Complete Poems
“What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much.” BelieveLittlesDifferentReasonI BelieveDifferencesPrayerCasesPrayingHabitHolyTwentiesBelieverAriseBrighterNineteen Book:PRACTICAL RELIGION Source: PRACTICAL RELIGION
“And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.” IfsHeartLittlesBookReligiousHolyCreaturesGoodnessMirrorsDoctrineTheeDespisedGoodness Of God Author:Thomas a Kempis
“What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation ...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.” WorldShouldLittlesWholeBodyEyeFormUniverseMy OwnLordWonderfulBloodThis WorldHumilitySonHolySalvationHumbleBreadCommunionSublimeSacramentsMajestyBlessed SacramentCondescensionHoly CommunionCondescension And Author:Francis of Assisi