What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.
The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
[C]hildren were a much more difficult audience than adults because no on had yet had a chance to teach them that it was better to be polite than honest.
He glared at Mr. Diddley’s yellow-toothed smile, and thought how he’d like to shove a toothbrush in his mouth and teach him how to use it.
All of the world's religions have important things to teach us, and they are not as different from each other as some would have you believe.
The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets.
Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!
I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.
Steiner's teachings begin and end with man but in between is humankind, the earth, the cosmos. Architecture is the same: it too begins and ends with individual man, with everything else within it.
You can teach a bubbly person to repair shoes, but you can't put the personality into a grumpy cobbler. John Timpson
Didn't anyone ever teach you that it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission?
In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim. – Linton Weeks, Washington Post, 13 January 2001
Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul, because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take.
Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own difficulties teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours.
Wow," she said. "It's like you're teaching me something and being all wise." "You are not easy to get along with," Skulduggery said.
There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.
First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business-not love.
I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.
Even a best fountain-pen cannot make a writer be a fount of eloquence, but fountains teach to sob with ecstasy.
Failure leads to a decrease in motivation only when it is accepted as failure. Failure leads students to improve when they see it is a stepping stone on the road to success.
