“Two rights don’t equal a left.” ~~ Roald Dahl, The BFG
Filed Under: Humor, Roald Dahl, Wisdom
“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof.” ~~ J. K. Rowling in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” ~~ Benjamin Franklin
“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” ~~ Sir. Francis Bacon
“Education should not be intended to make people comfortable. It is meant to make them think.” ~~ Hanna Holborn Gray
“Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he learns and the way he understands it.” ~~ Soren Kierkegaard
“It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It’s my partner.” ~~ Jonas Salk
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” ~~ Robert Frost
