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“The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very restrictive. We live in an age that is not enlightened.”

Age Values Humanity Culture Teaching Buddhism Enlightened Accurate Value Systems

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If science were nothing more than the best means of teaching the love of the simple fact, the indispensable need of verification, of careful and accurate observation and statement, its value would be of the highest order.”

Ifs Needs Mean Facts Would Be Values Order Simple Teaching Highest Careful Statements Observation Accurate Indispensable Verification

Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

“The New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, cited Haqqani to make the argument that Guantánamo must be shut down. He wrote:“Husain Haqqani, a thoughtful Pakistani scholar now teaching at Boston University, remarked to me: 'When people like myself say American values must be emulated and America is a bastion of freedom, we get Guantánamo Bay thrown in our faces. When we talk about the America of Jefferson and Hamilton, people back home say to us: 'That is not the America we are dealing with. We are dealing with the America of imprisonment without trial.'”

“The authentic and pure values, truth, beauty, and goodness, in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object. Teaching should have no aim but to prepare, by training the attention, for the possibility of such an act. All the other advantages of instruction are without interest.”

Source: Gravity and Grace

“For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that can be easy to lose sight of because the business is so result-oriented.”

Helping Values Easy Stuff Loses Results Acting Principles Focus Teaching Sight Help Me Principles And Values

Author:Mark Pellegrino

“Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert that religious faith necessarily upholds democratic values.”

Would Be Values Given Religious Records Atheism Teaching Evidence Historical Democratic Positive Atheism Religious Faith Ambiguity Foolhardy Empirical Evidence Democratic Values Religious Texts

Book:Religion and Politics in the United States

Source: Religion and Politics in the United States

“Attentive listening to others is important regardless of their stations and positions. Wise people consider the deep meaning and true values of all suggestions. Learning and teaching are exchanged joyfully through deep listening and mutual appreciation.”

People Important Values Wise Teaching Position Listening Appreciation Mutual Stations Suggestions Teaching And Learning Listening To Others Wise People True Value Deep Meaning Deep Listening

Author:Chungliang Al Huang