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"They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Raise a hand to help and you were interfering, do nothing and you were an un-trustworthy wastrel."

"Ol, ol you have learnt something new, didn't you??So you are saying it again and again with smile like we are an idiots, but my question is did you understand it? Do you know what did you said, so you big peace of shit say something more to impress us, because this doesn't impress us."

"Criticism always produces negative reactions, but appreciation always creates positive actions."

"Even the slightest criticism of others is an impediment (hindrance) to Absolute Knowledge (Kevalgnan, Absolute Enlightenment). It also hinders Atmagnan (Knowledge of the Self), also hinders Samkit (Self-realization)."

"When I see the promotion of nighttime street lighting to the masses, I realize the great level of incompetence that is present in governments, human health and the biological effects of light."

"So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism."
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"Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy."


"If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself."


"We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties."


"I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it."


"I cannot explain it; but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them."


"A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives."


"It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine."


"The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher."


"We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion."
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