The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” But this holds true for leadership in general—give people space and they flourish.

Maria Montessori

Source: The Montessori Method (1912)

Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued together into our heads with stories.

Chris Brogan

 

Mastery is the best goal because the rich can’t buy it, the impatient can’t rush it, the privileged can’t inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery is the ultimate status.
Derek SiversHow to Live

 

Even if you’re not a teacher, be a teacher. Share your ideas. Don’t take for granted your education. Rejoice in what you learn and spray it.

Source: 9 Life lessons
Tim Minchin

It’s  so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk (Novelist)

I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue – it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well.

Environmental activist, Frances Beinecke

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer