“In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are happy with symbolic drawing until about the age of eight or nine... when children develop a passion for realism. Our schools do not provide drawing instruction. Children try on their own to discover the secrets of realistic drawing, but nearly always fail and, sadly, give up on trying.” WorldGivingTryingChildrenAgeSchoolPassionSecretFailingChildhoodGiving UpEightDrawingNineSymbolsRealisticInstructionRealismSymbolicEarly Childhood Author:Betty Edwards
“I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. He and I never discussed his parentage, which was an open secret, but it fascinated me.” MenSchoolYoungMotherCultureFatherLanguageSecretCollegeMetsYoung ManFascinatedGraduatesBusinessmanTokyoGraduate SchoolGeisha Author:Arthur Golden
“The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be like a school, and our life, the classrooms. Sometimes on our planet life school, the lessons often come dressed up as detours and road blocks and sometimes as full blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons.” WorldSometimesSchoolEarthSecretTeachOur LivesPlanetsLessonsCrisisBlockI've LearnedClassroomOur PlanetDressed UpDetours Author:Oprah Winfrey
“The members of the Atlantean Mystery School were the earliest human explorers of the frontiers of inner space. Through their meditative journeys and explorations, they discovered many secret astral passageways that led to an infinite variety of other worlds and dimensions.” WorldHumansSchoolSpaceSecretMysteryJourneyMembersInfiniteAncientVarietyDimensionsExplorationFrontiersOther WorldsExplorersAncient EgyptAtlantis Book:Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure Source: Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure
“The people to become enlightened in Atlantis lit the "flame of enlightenment" on earth for the first time. The members of the various mystery schools have kept the flame alive by passing on the secret techniques for attaining enlightenment from the time of Atlantis to our present day.” PeopleFirstsSchoolEarthSecretAliveMysteryMembersEnlightenmentFirst TimeAncientVariousTechniquePassingPassingsFlamesEnlightenedLitPresent DayAncient EgyptAtlantisPassing On Author:Frederick Lenz
“This is the heritage of Catholic education ... one which those who went to Catholic schools always recognize in each other, members of a secret society who, when they meet, huddle together, temporarily at truce with the rest of the world, while they cautiously, untrustingly, lick each other's wounds.” WorldSchoolTogetherSecretMembersCatholicWoundsHeritageSecret SocietyCatholic SchoolTruceCatholic Education Author:Sonia Orwell