#he

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#door #him #imprisoned #inwards #long

Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#god #theology #education

A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn. ↗

— Ruth Beechick

#learning #school #teachers #teaching #education

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves? ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#school-reform #teachers #teachers-know-best #death

A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ↗

— Henry Adams

#murder #parent #student #teacher #education

Today our youth is preoccupied with being rich and famous but is truly missing something. Sadly...even money won't last if you're not educated. Knowledge Is Everything! ↗

— Timothy Pina

#legend-of-the-peace-panda #education

Ladies and gentlemen, Jamal Feldstein-Roth." I blinked. "Wait, Jamal?" "Suck it," he said with a grin. "My parents are liberal Jews from Long Island, okay? They wanted me to have a connection to my heritage." Jamie made air quotes with his fingers. "I'm not judging - my middle name is Amitra. I'm just surprised." "Amitra," Noah amused. "Mystery solved." "What is that?" Jamie asked me." "Sanskrit? Hindi?" I shrugged. "Randomly?" I shook my head. "My mom's Indian." "What does that mean?" Jamie asked me. "What does Jamal mean?" I asked him. "Point taken. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#mara-dyer #noah-shaw #the-evolution-of-mara-dyer #evolution

Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what the hell is going on in the streets. Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. The two have to go together. ↗

— Assata Shakur

#learning #practice #revolutionary #theory #education

Modernist discourse [...] incorporates semantic devices - such as the labeling of theism as 'religion' and naturalism as 'science' - that work to prevent a dangerous debate over fundamental assumptions from breaking out in the open. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#modernity #naturalism #naturalism-as-science #presuppositions #science

I've never done acid, finding it hard to go willingly to a place that could be frightening, hellish, and totally beyond my control. A place much like high school. ↗

— Libba Bray

#going-bovine #hell #school #education