Arbetet Quotes & Sayings

Good teaching is an act of hospitality toward the young, and hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times when this reciprocity was easier to see: in nomadic cultures, the food and shelter one gave to a stranger yesterday is the food and shelter one hopes to receive from a stranger tomorrow. By offering hospitality, one participates in the endless reweaving of a social fabric on which all can depend - thus the gift of sustenance for the guest becomes a gift of hope for the host. It is that way in teaching as well: the teacher's hospitality to the student results in a world more hospitable to the teacher. — Parker J. Palmer

Follow your heart — John Bunyan

I'm more than happy to stay on your couch..." "Remember Rose and Jack on the raft?" he asks with a smirk. "I'll make room. — Christina Lee

I do not like being an old gal. But I've decided to be the best old gal I know how to be. — Joanna J. Gnadt

One things there's no getting by,
I've been a wicked girl,
Says I ...
But, if I can't be sorry I might as well be glad ! — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic ... — Bob Woodward

The stories books tell transcend those of the characters inked upon their pages. A book discloses far more about the person who reads it. — Kelseyleigh Reber

Completely true to nature!' - what a lie: / How could nature ever be constrained into a picture? / The smallest bit of nature is infinite! / And so he paints what he likes about it. / And what does he like? He likes what he can paint! — Friedrich Nietzsche

Once the god-squaddie supreme, she was now possessed of the zeal of the apostate and came on like an atheistic stormtrooper. — Salman Rushdie