Quotes About Growth

What keeps me going when I think of ex-friends is that we're all really going through several lifetimes, often at the same time, all with different people; that we draw towards and push away from each other when we have to, like fucking quarks and particles, and sometimes that drawing and the pushing heals, and sometimes it just hurts.

In 1850 Americans drank 36 million gallons of the stuff; by 1890 annual consumption had exploded to 855 million gallons. During that four-decade span, while the population tripled, that population's capacity for beer had increased twenty-four-fold.

Quels pédagogues nous étions, quand nous n'avions pas le souci de la pédagogie !

În orice caz, da, frica a fost pur È™i simplu problema mare a perioadei mele de È™colaritate: z?vorul ei. De aceea, urgenÈ›a mea, când am devenit profesor, a fost s? îngrijesc frica celor mai slabi dintre elevii mei pentru a ace z?vorul s? se deschid?, pentru ca informaÈ›ia s? aib? È™ansa s? circule

The children became their reciprocal angels: readers.

Jak skvÄ›lí jsme bývali pedagogové, když jsme se o pedagogiku pranic nestarali!

A nascere sono buoni tutti.. Persino io sono nato! Ma poi bisogna divenire! DIVENIRE! Crescere, aumentare, svilupparsi, ingrossare... (senza gonfiare) accettare mutamenti (ma non mutazioni), maturare (senza avvizzire), evolvere (e valutare), progredire (senza rimbambire), durare (senza vegetare), invecchiare (senza troppo ringiovanire) e morire senza protestare

Non sapevo, leggendoli, che mi istruivo, che quei libri avrebbero risvegliato in me una fame che sarebbe sopravvissuta persino al loro oblio.

Rileggere non è ripetersi, ma dare una prova sempre nuova di un amore instancabile.

Niente televisione, ma pianoforte dalle cinque alle sei, chitarra dalle sei alle sette, danza il mercoledì, judo, tennis, scherma il sabato, sci di fondo ai primi fiocchi di neve, corso di vela ai primi raggi di sole, ceramica i giorni di pioggia, viaggio in Inghilterra, ginnastica ritmica... Nessunissima possibilità lasciata al più piccolo quarto d'ora di faccia a faccia con se stesso.

À chaque rencontre, on constate qu'une vie s'est épanouie, aussi imprévisible que la forme d'un nuage

Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.

Releer no es repetirse, es ofrecer una prueba siempre nueva de un amor infatigable.

The secret to high performance and satisfaction is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Real challenges are far more invigorating than controlled leisure.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading and writing.

Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of—until you find out you've got it. Once you realize you're ignorant, if you don't do something about it, then you have the right to feel ashamed.

Of course, an unchanged mind is a little like unchanged underwear. It tends to get unattractive even to the person whose mind or underwear it is.

I have to remind myself that I've always known this: Evolution is not for everybody.

Whatever's going on with us, it's not a disease. It's not a beast. It's just a new muscle. You're never going to control it if you're too afraid to flex it.

The journey itself is going to change you, so you don't have to worry about memorizing the route we took to accomplish that change.

Es saludable analizar críticamente nuestra visión de mundo, el tejido de creencias que constituye el marco de referencia desde el cual evaluamos nuestro entorno. Es una hiedra espinosa enraizada en nuestra mente, que se adhiere a nuestro ser interceptando la luz, y que necesita de un jardinero que sepa dónde cortar. Ha crecido alimentada por el continuo proceso de educación formal e informal que determina nuestra panera de pensar y actuar.

Pursuing godliness without also pursuing biblical truth is a sure-fire way to remain in spiritual infancy (Eph. 4:14). The

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.