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"Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life."
"Just because you’re taught that something’s right and everyone believes it’s right, it don’t make it right."
"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible."
"I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all."
"The older you get, the more you learn to see what you've been taught to see. When you're a kid, you see what's there."
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"Everything I know now . . . the pitfalls, the highs and lows, everything . . . it taught me and made stronger."
"My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully."
"The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is him/herself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teach. They become jointly responsible for a process in which all grow."
"I always feel like I can do anything. That's the main thing people are controlled by: thoughts and perceptions of yourself... If you're taught you can't do anything, you won't do anything"
"When I was young, I was sure of many things; now there are only two things of which I am sure: one is, that I am a miserable sinner; and the other, that Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour. He is well-taught who learns these two lessons."
"The truth is lived, not taught."
"Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners."
"I've often said that my rats have taught me much more than I've taught them."
"The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me."
"Highly fed and lowly taught."
"When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that."
"Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation."
"If you’re taught you can't do anything you won't do anything, I was taught I could do everything."
"Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person."
"I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know."
"When I was taught truth, that's when I got my freedom."
"Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?"
"Enthusiasm is caught, not taught."
"The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths."
"All your beliefs, they're just that. They're nothing. They're how you were taught and raised. That doesn't make 'em real."
