#phil

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results. ↗

— John Dewey

#educational-system #philosophy #education

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#life #philosophical #life

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#nature #philosophy #life

I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#life

No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#philosophy #life

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#life

If you only had 48 hours left to live, would you spend it like you normally spend your weekends? If not, why spend 2/7th of your life wasting your free time? After all, free time isn’t free. Free time is the most expensive time you have, because nobody pays for it but you. But that also makes it the most valuable time you have, as you alone stand to reap the profits from spending it wisely. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#free #musing #philosophical #philosophy #time

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#science #life

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ↗

— Max Ehrmann

#philosophical #inspirational

There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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