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Frankisms
Short truths, collected over a lifetime of writing and teaching. Read a few, or lose an afternoon.
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“Not only can going in the wrong direction lead to a learning process, but through it, you gain more energy than if you did nothing until the right direction manifested itself. — Robert Fritz”
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“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. — Martin Luther King Jr”
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“Our educational system is designed to produce performers, not learners. The emphasis is on successful performance rather than successful learning. — Robert Fritz”
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“Over the door of a library in Thebes is the inscription, Medicine for the soul. — Diodorus Siculus”
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“Perhaps the most important thing we can do is to learn to listen. — Gene Getz”
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“Practice is always more important than theory. — Robert Fritz”
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“Prejudice is the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart. — Marguerite, Countess of Blessington”
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“Prejudice is the child of ignorance. — William Hazlitt”
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“Putting a slogan or phrase to music can make it almost impossible to forget. — Thomas Armstrong”
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“Research has shown that we are typically overconfident about how much we know. — Chip Heath”
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“Schooling is good, but learning is even better. — Dennis Hensley”
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“Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. — Jules Henri Poincaré (18541912), Quoted by Bertrand Russell in preface to Science and Method”
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“Seeds alone do not a garden make. Proper cultivation is required, and part of that is knowing when to plant. — Esther M. Friesner”
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“Set aside your dreams for your children and help them attain their own dreams. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“Small children have difficulty believing that any one object can have two different names. — Malcolm Gladwell”
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“So long as you invest energy in anything, there will be a training effect. — Jim Loehr”
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“The bulwark of religious training is vital if the line is to be held against the forces of corruption, crime, and disloyalty. — J. Edgar Hoover”
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“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance. — Charles Spurgeon”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. — William Shakespeare”
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“The greater half of communication skills lies not in what you say or even how you say it, but in how well you hear what the other person says. — Bob Burg”
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“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge. — Daniel J. Boorstin”
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“The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. — Simone Weil”
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“The life which is not examined is not worth living. — Plato”
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“The more you know, the less you fear. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“The more you read, the more you know, and the more knowledge you have to pass along. — Tim Sanders”
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“The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing. — Jean Toomer”
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“The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. — Herbert Hoover”
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“There must be tides in a teacup. We just deny their existence because they aren’t easy to measure. — Persia Woolley”
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“There’s nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. — Frank A. Clark”
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“Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. — Will Durant”
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“To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. — Bronson Alcott, 17991888”
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“To fully listen—you must listen fully without judgment. — Ray Considine”
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“To teach is to learn twice. — Joseph Joubert”
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“Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. — Roger Lewis”
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“Unlearning and learning go hand in hand. As you learn, you become aware that some of the practices you have used throughout your life are not effective, and may even take you away from where you want to go. — Robert Fritz”
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“We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. — Samuel Johnson”
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“We can further objectify confusing thoughts by putting them on paper. — Thomas Harris”
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“We learn best by discovering things on our own. — Cheryl St.John”
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“We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way. — John Holt, educator”
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“We must seek truth if we are going to spread truth. — Verdell Krisher, author and Christian school director”
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