“Is learning a venture in spiritual freedom that is humanism, or is it a routine process of animal training?”

“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”

“The idea of ​​non-interference of the supernatural in human fate was a turning point in human self-awareness & spiritual freedom.”

“Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.”

“Repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans." Yann Martel in Life of Pi, Page 25”

“The only animal from which humans have nothing to learn, in fact, is the sheep. Humans have already learned everything the sheep's got to teach.”

“Cleaning is considered a vital part of the training process in all traditional Japanese disciplines and is a required practice for any novice. It is accorded spiritual significance. Purifying an unclean place is believed to purify the mind.”

“From a succession of historians we learn of a particularly gruesome component of Carthaginian daily life: the routine and ritualized sacrificing of not just animals—animal sacrifice was a common religious activity of all Mediterranean cultures—but of infants and children. …Greek and Roman historians were unanimous in their abhorrence of the Carthaginian practice…”

“Complex human learning is a concept involving communication between the participant in the learning process, who commonly occupy the roles of learner and teacher.”

“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”