Phurba Sherpa Quotes & Sayings

There is a gap between the knowledge, skills, or state of mind of the learner and what he is to learn, which it seems to me any teaching activity must seek to bridge if it is to deserve that label. Teaching activities must therefore take place at a level where the pupil can take on what it is intended he should learn. — Paul Q. Hirst

She might be the only girl I've ever met who still hasn't learned to sacrifice bodily comfort for fashion's sake. — Tim Tharp

Everyone is by absolute natural right the master of his own thoughts, and thus utter failure will attend any attempt in a commonwealth to force men to speak only as prescribed by the sovereign despite their different and opposing opinions. — Baruch Spinoza

Ahimsa is the strongest force known. — Mahatma Gandhi

No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it. — Publilius Syrus

Nobody really wants to work anymore. Nobody has the dedication to say, "It's going to take me ten years to get through this thing." — Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself. — Robert B. Parker

The average American shops six hours a week while spending forty minutes playing with his children. — Randy Alcorn