pedagogy

🇨🇦Laurence J. Peter

Education

1919–1990

"Dr. Peter effectively destroys examples of seeming exceptions and is rather convincing that his principle is ubiquitous."

"They Never Wanted To Be Themselves , New York Times, May 24, 1987"

Aldo Capitini

Philosophy

1899–1968

"Oh special day, unveil your essence which redeems –"

🇩🇪Edith Hamilton

pedagogy

1887–1970

"Love cannot live where there is no trust."

🇺🇸William Vaughn Moody

Literature

1869–1910

"The Poems and Plays of William Vaughn Moody"

🇨🇭Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Philosophy

1746–1827

"The circle of knowledge commences close round a man and thence stretches out concentrically."

🇮🇹Maria Montessori

Education

1870–1952

"The child is truly a miraculous being, and this should be felt deeply by the educator."

Sister Nivedita

Philosophy

1867–1911

"Our daily life creates our symbol of God. No two ever cover quite the same conception."

🇺🇸John Taylor Gatto

Literature

1935–2018

"The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives."

🇺🇸George Washington Carver

Technology

1864–1943

"I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour and every moment of our lives, if we will only tune in and remain so."

🇺🇸Bel Kaufman

Education

1911–2014

"When I had asked why they were taking English, a boy said: "To help us in real life."

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Religion

Enlightenment

1768–1834

"Miracle is simply the religious name for event. Every event, even the most natural and usual, becomes a miracle, as soon as the religious view of it can be the dominant. To me all is miracle."

"The masses of the people could not be held back from Nazism, so powerful was its appeal, and this same priest, who would not leave his people, went with them to Nazism, too."

🇬🇧Raymond Antrobus

Literature

b. 1986

"Spoken Word poetry is an art form that fits me well because it enables me to bring all the layers of who I am into one space — A reader, writer, and performer…"

"The world is always in a turmoil over skin color. The hatred that people feel, I’m not able to articulate it."

🇧🇷Paulo Freire

Education

Marxism

1921–1997

"They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who has knowledge and to whom they should listen."

🇫🇷Jules Payot

1859–1940

"In undertaking the conquest of self it is of the utmost importance to form strong bonds of habit between ideas and conduct."