“ Education is that component which brings in a meaningful relationship between the happenings around us and how our senses experience them. Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
“ Rather than seek to be squired and dated by their rivals why should it not be possible for women to find relaxation and pleasure in the company of their 'inferiors'? They would need to shed their desp… Germaine Greer
“ The only thing I knew for sure is I hadn’t slept in ten years. Not really. I’d been fighting my own monster since nine months after 9/11. I had regrets. I had pain that I still can’t find words to des… Tucker Elliot
“ I am so glad; I had the opportunity to study at University of Jena, the city of light. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say to somebody "I love you", when you are considering your children, when you educate them to… Jiddu Krishnamurti
“ Contemplating the goodness within ourselves is a classical meditation, done to bring light, joy, and rapture to the mind. In contemporary times this practice might be considered rather embarrassing, b… Sharon Salzberg
“ Compassion is born out of lovingkindness.It is born of knowing our oneness, not just thinking about it or wishing it were so. It is born out of the wisdom of seeing things exactly as they are. Sharon Salzberg
“ The philosophy of project-based homeschooling — this particular approach to helping children become strong thinkers, learners, and doers — is dependent upon the interest and the enthusiastic participa… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ Allowing children to learn about what interests them is good, but helping them do it in a meaningful, rigorous way is better. Freedom and choice are good, but a life steeped in thinking, learning, and… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ Real education happens only by failing, changing, challenging, and adjusting. All of those gerunds apply to teachers as well as students. No person is an “educator,” because education is not something… Siva Vaidhyanathan
“ Children, even when very young, have the capacity for inventive thought and decisive action. They have worthwhile ideas. They make perceptive connections. They’re individuals from the start: a unique… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ To learn how to do, we need something real to focus on — not a task assigned by someone else, but something we want to create, something we want to understand. Not an empty exercise but a meaningful,… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ Worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing). Mike Schmoker
“ The beginning [of a journey] is a terrible time to plan. It's the moment of greatest ignorance. In self-directed education, a lot of the value comes from exploiting opportunities that arise well out t… James Marcus Bach
“ When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn" - learning itself - by years. Mike Schmoker
“ One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught. Bryant McGill
“ Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings which will bear it farther than suns and stars. He who should inspire and lead his… Ralph Waldo Emerson
