Eric Brooke > Eric's Quotes

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Socrates

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
― Richard Lingard, A Letter of Advice to a Young Gentleman Leaving the University Concerning His Behaviour and Conversation in the World

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
― Plato

“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
― Phil Collins

“No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.”
― Peter Drucker

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
― Margaret Mead

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
― Plutarch

“I only accept and pay attention to feedback from people who are also in the arena. If you're occasionally getting your butt kicked as you respond, and if you're also figuring out how to stay open to feedback without getting pummeled by insults, I'm more likely to pay attention to your thought about my work. If, on the other hand, you're not helping, contributing, or wrestling with your own gremlins, I'm not at all interested in your commentary.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead