The task of the modern
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
– C. S. Lewis
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- The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. – C. S. Lewis
- Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image. – Christopher Lasch
- When modern woman discovered the orgasm, it was, combined with modern birth control, perhaps the biggest single nail in the coffin of male dominance. – Eva Figes
- My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond – in front of you to serve my country. – Francois Hollande
- I learned that unemployment can be the great educator. – David Caruso
- I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world. – Theodor Herzl
- Man is a complex being; he makes deserts bloom and lakes die. – Gil Stern
- Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you. – Anonymous
- Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students. – Godfrey Reggio
- Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. – Leonardo Da Vinci