“I was very bored at school. I found it very easy and slow and grey. My teachers didn't really know how to handle me, because I was very sarcastic. I was over-confident, arrogant, a typical youngest child. I went through periods of withdrawing into myself and school psychologists tried to figure me out, work out why I didn't fit in. I found that irritating, too.” KnowsChildrenSchoolFoundEasyKnow HowTeacherFiguresPeriodsFitWork OutHandleBoredSarcasticArrogantTypicalGreyPsychologistIrritatingWithdrawingYoungest ChildOver ConfidentVery SarcasticHandle Me Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“To us, to the everyday teachers of everyday students, neither of whom is writing the book of the universe but who both have their fullest life only when they align themselves with its truths, working out our own commitment to and our own vision of agape, in however homely or personal a form, is a life long task that both guides us in our teaching endeavors and honors those endeavors at the same time.” WritingLongBookFormUniverseVisionTeacherTeachingStudentsHonorCommitmentTasksEverydayWork OutGuidesEndeavorLong LifeHomelyAgape Author:Marshall Gregory
“Reading is a gymnasium for the imagination where people can work out, get ready for the shocks of existence. [...] For me, the intimate teachers have not only taught me how to make things, they have represented some qualities of mind and mindfulness that I would like to have.” PeopleMindReadingImaginationExistenceQualityTeacherTaughtReadyMindfulnessWork OutIntimateShockGymnasiums Author:Robert Hass
“Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the possibilities, and inwardly, it means having the determination to stick with that practice through whatever difficulties and doubts arise until you have come to true clarity and understanding.” MeanTwoSpiritualUnderstandingPracticeDoubtTeacherPossibilityAspectDeterminationDifficultySticksWork OutAriseClarityRelatedSeatsSpiritual Work Author:Jack Kornfield