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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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"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

39

"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

38

"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

38

"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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"Man is a child of his environment."

"Man is a child of his environment."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Environment, Man

32

"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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"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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"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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"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

26

"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

24

"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

24

"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

24

"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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"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

24

"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity."

"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity."

Michael Porter, American Educator

Innovation, Prosperity

23

"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

21

"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

21

"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

21

"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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

16

"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

16

"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

16

"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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"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

15

"The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule."

"The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

People, Heroism, Ridicule

15

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

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

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

15

"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

15

"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave."

"Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave."

G. I. Gurdjieff, Russian Educator

Knowledge, Machine, Man, Self

15

"Think for yourself and question authority."

"Think for yourself and question authority."

Timothy Leary, American Educator

Authority, Question

14

"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

14

"In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test."

"In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test."

Robert Sternberg, American Educator

Research, Tests, Words

14

"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

14

"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

14

"The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge."

"The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge."

Seymour Papert, South African Educator

Knowledge, Invention

14

"Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below."

"Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below."

Lewis J. Bates, American Educator

Deed, Judgment, Man, Motive

13

"I am my own Universe, I my own Professor."

"I am my own Universe, I my own Professor."

Sylvia Ashton-Warner, New Zealander Educator

Universe, Newzealander

13

"The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame."

"The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame."

Paul Farmer, American Educator

Creativity, Ideas, Blame, Countries, Doctors

13

"Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own."

"Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own."

Johann Pestalozzi, Swiss Educator

Happiness, Man, Right

13

"So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera."

"So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a natural extension to go back to these places that I knew as a kid and explore them with my camera."

John Sexton, American Educator

Work, Being, Photography

12

"It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers."

"It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Time, Countries, Labor, Mankind

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