This is the true joy of life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little...read more
We notice that when sunlight hits the body, the body turns, bright, but it throws a shadow, which is dark. The brighter ´the light, the darker the shadow. Each of us has some part of our personality that is hidden from us. Parents, and teachers...read more
In an earlier book, Dennis Sumara, Rebecca Luce-Kapler, and I wrote that there was one point of agreement across the diversity of opinions on the nature of teaching-namely, that teaching has to do with one group´s desires, conscious and unconscious, to have another group see...read more
Some say that there are only two things in the world: God and fear; love and fear are the only two things. There's only one evil in the world, fear. There's only one good in the world, love. It's sometimes called by other names. It's...read more
That if real success is to attend the effort to bring a man to a definite position, one must first of all take pains to find HIM where he is and begin there. This is the secret of the art of helping others. Anyone...read more
The school system starts here: I got 90 (at school) and my mother and father hug and kiss me, "Did so good, he got 90! MMM, Kiss, Kiss." But that 90 don't mean anything unless you got a 20. And if I'm not a nut,...read more
You can think of insecurity as a mo¬ment in time that we experience over and over in our lives. When you feel insecurity, whether you're feeling it in the middle of the night out of nowhere or whether it's constant, there is a groundless and...read more
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self esteem. That is why young children before they are aware of their self-importance learn so easily and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all. ...read more
