Josh

“major factor in whether people achieve expertise “is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“he was taught by the river. Incessantly, he learned from it. Most of all, he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with a quiet heart, with a waiting, opened soul, without passion, without a wish, without judgement, without an opinion.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Do teachers have to love all of their students? No, but they have to care about every single student.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success