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"If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world."

"If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Power, Victory, Body, Exercise

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"If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest."

"If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest."

G. I. Gurdjieff, Russian Educator

Friendship, Faith, Friends, Want

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"A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about."

"A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Humor, Arguments, Fool, Talking

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"In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends."

"In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends."

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

God, Hope, World

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"The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people."

"The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people."

Paulo Freire, Brazilian Educator

Trust, People, Confidence, Leaders

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"Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth."

"Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth."

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss Educator

Truth, Idea, Language

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"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation."

"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation."

D. Elton Trueblood, American Educator

Faith, Trust, Belief, Proof

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"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world."

"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

Education, Potential, Will, World

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"The road to the sacred leads through the secular."

"The road to the sacred leads through the secular."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

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"Man is a child of his environment."

"Man is a child of his environment."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Environment, Man

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"Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you."

"Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

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"Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible."

"Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible."

Mark Hopkins, American Educator

Religion, Morality, Superstition

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"The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted."

"The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Control, Banks, Freedom, Will

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"Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done."

"Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done."

Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator

Man, Will, Woman, World

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"Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion."

"Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion."

John Comenius, Czechoslovakian Educator

Religion, Consideration, End, Humanity

34

"The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him."

"The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Experience, People, Responsibility, Writer

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"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity."

"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Innovation, Prosperity

33

"Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants."

"Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Education, People, Flowers, Giving

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"Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart."

"Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Music, Heart, Purpose

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"The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades."

"The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades."

John P. Kotter, American Educator

Change, Competition, Will

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"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."

"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."

Carol P. Christ, American Educator

Birds, Body, Connection, Earth

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"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

"It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Music, America, Americans, Limits

30

"Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now."

"Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now."

Stephen M. Walt, American Educator

War, Policy, Now, Sense

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"Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers."

"Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers."

Howard Thurman, American Educator

Family, Brothers, Community

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"How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is."

"How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is."

Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator

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"When love is deep, much can be accomplished."

"When love is deep, much can be accomplished."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

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"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed."

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Life, Success, Obstacles, Succeed

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"I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages."

"I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages."

Christopher Love, Welsh Educator

Work, Now, Prison, Wages

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"The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad."

"The essential meaning of perestroika for Gorbachev and his supporters was creating and acting on alternatives to failed and dangerous policies at home and abroad."

Stephen Cohen, American Educator

Home, Acting, Meaning

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"Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family."

"Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family."

Vartan Gregorian, American Educator

Family, Dignity, Honor

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"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read."

"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read."

Mary McLeod Bethune, American Educator

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"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."

"A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."

"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

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"It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do."

"It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Life, Quiet, Will

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"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach."

"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach."

Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator

Life, Lie, Goal, Lies

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"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."

Paulo Freire, Brazilian Educator

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"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

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"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

Discipline, Ability, Dignity, Self

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"Consciousness is a disease."

"Consciousness is a disease."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

Consciousness, Disease

24

"When you blame others, you give up your power to change."

"When you blame others, you give up your power to change."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Change, Power, Blame

24

"Sound strategy starts with having the right goal."

"Sound strategy starts with having the right goal."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Strategy, Goal, Right, Sound

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"The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance."

"The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance."

John Rawls, American Educator

Ignorance, Justice, Principles

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"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

"A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

Family, Education, Time, Class

23

"Think for yourself and question authority."

"Think for yourself and question authority."

Timothy Leary, American Educator

Authority, Question

22

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Victory, Humanity

22

"A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering."

"A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering."

G. I. Gurdjieff, Russian Educator

Man, Suffering, Will

22

"Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape."

"Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

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"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

Dignity, Race, Writing

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"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

21

"O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire."

"O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire."

Lewis J. Bates, American Educator

Life, Heart, Desire, Fire

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