Quote #13

The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.

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  1. Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
  2. We are living even now among punishments and ruins.
  3. But a man with a machine and inadequate culture--such as I was when I made my pond--is a pestilence. He shakes more than he can hold.
  4. A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go o…
  5. An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.
  6. We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species.
  7. We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.
  8. Much protest is naive; it expects quick, visible improvement and despairs and gives up when such improvement does not come. Protesters who …

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