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We cannot have good libraries until we first have good librarians-properly educated, profesionally recognized and fairly rewarded. ↗

— Herbert S. White

#library-journal #education

God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. ↗

— Joyce Cary

#being #blow #character #consistent #deny

Creativity becomes more visible when adults try to be more attentive to the cognitive processes of children than to the results they achieve in various fields of doing and understanding. ↗

— Loris Malaguzzi

#creativity #education #education

A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#images #mass-media #reflection #symbols #television

Nós, pais erramos muito e frequentemente porque os manuais são genéricos e nosso produto específico. ↗

— Carlos Messa

#education #educação #family #filhos #pais

Les enfants sont par définition des apprentis, et apprendre est l'activité humaine qui nécessite le moins de manipulation par autrui. La majeure partie de l'apprentissage n'est pas le resultat de l'instruction. Elle serait plutôt le résultat d'une participation dans un environnement chargé de sens. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#ivan-illich #society #education

The sex-positive brigade thinks my [virgin-until-married] friend is doomed to a lifetime of unsatisfying sex, she'll never have an orgasm, she's ashamed of her body, she's repressed, she's scarred, she's guilt-ridden, she'll never masturbate, she needs to see a shrink, she wants attention, she's a lesbian, her husband's gay, it's my responsibility to educate her, her father or priest molested her, she's been brainwashed by evil forces. Hmm. Sounds to me like she's pretty deviant--these are the sorts of comments usually reserved for queers, trannies, prostitutes, porn aficionados, S&M enthusiasts, and the rest of the freaks. Sounds like a Christian good girl just became "alternative." And where does that leave all the formulas? ↗

— Carson Brown

#sex #sex-positive #stereotypes #virginity #education

I began with the desire to speak with the dead. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#education #historians #history #knowledge #shakespeare

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you. ↗

— Mark Twain

#friendship #friendship

Life is hard but being stupid makes it harder. ↗

— George V. Higgins

#stupidity #life