“This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are.”

— Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

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American philosopher 1936

Paullina Simons book Tatiana and Alexander

Source: Tatiana and Alexander

“Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don’t realize it. It’s very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own. As for radio, I had a wonderful teacher. I was hugely lucky. I didn’t want to play a robot, but the situation was an object lesson in fate taking over.”

Anthony Daniels (1946) English actor

A Q&A with Anthony Daniels (C3PO), touring with “Star Wars: In Concert” https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/a-qa-with-anthony-daniels-c3po-touring-with-star-wars-in-concert/ (October 9, 2009)

“We are lucky, even the worst of us, for daylight comes.”

Jeanette Winterson book Lighthousekeeping

Source: Lighthousekeeping

“I used my brains to outsmart teachers—and that wasn't very smart at all.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Night World, No. 1

“Wherever we are, God's in that moment, God's speaking to us, and if we've just got our ears open and our antennas up, there's no lack of inspiration. He's not silent. We just have to be listening.”

Steven Curtis Chapman (1962) American Christian music singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist

Press conference after 2007 GMA Music Awards http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5378840845486744543&q=steven+curtis+chapman

“Embarrassment is the greatest teacher, but since its lessons are exactly those we have tried hardest to conceal from ourselves, it may teach us, also, to perfect our self-deception.”

James Richardson (1950) American poet

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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)

“Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.”

George Soros (1930) Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

"How Do You Say ‘Billionaire’ in Esperanto?" in The New York Times (December 16, 2010) http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/how-do-you-say-billionaire-in-esperanto/