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Teachings Quotes (page 60)

J. M. Coetzee quote: "Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics..."
Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for? J. M. Coetzee
I can never get used to the fact, though I know it, that women are born cynics. Men have to learn cynicism. Infant girls could teach it to them. Ursula K. Le Guin
There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love. W. H. Auden
If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past. Security in human systems we're told will always always last. Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast. Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast."(History Will Teach Us Nothing) Sting
When Don Quixote went out into the world, that world turned into a mystery before his eyes. That is the legacy of the first European novel to the entire subsequent history of the novel. The novel teaches us to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. Milan Kundera
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us. Oswald Chambers
Jonathan Franzen quote: "Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their..."
Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it. Jonathan Franzen
My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time of my death. I do not concern myself with that, but to be always ready whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and all men would be equally brave. Stonewall Jackson
Trying to teach creativity is the major hoax of our time along with the Iraq war and plastic surgery" ~ Snarky comment of Clive from "The River Swimmer" (pg 47) Jim Harrison
Lao Tzu quote: "There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without..."
There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action. Lao Tzu
. . .it is not my design to teach the method that everyone must follow in order to use his reason properly, but only to show the way in which I have tried to use my own. Rene Descartes
Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? The Truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason. Albert Pike
George R. R. Martin quote: "...soothe the wrath and tame the fury, teach us all a kinder way"
...soothe the wrath and tame the fury, teach us all a kinder way George R. R. Martin
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself. Chinua Achebe
But I did feel, and passionately, that it wasn't fair of God to give us brains enough to ask the ultimate questions if he didn't intend to teach us the answers. Madeleine L'Engle

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