Thought at Sunrise (2007)
Context: Desire itself is an inspiration. Every man desires to do something in life. Where there is no desire no way would open out. Yet too much of desire creates problems. If we understand where to draw the limits to our ambition then we would experience a constant need to keep our inspiration alive and the desire to make something of one's life would never be ignored.
“Inspiration is God making contact with itself.”
Attributed
Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 15
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Context: The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
“I have so much of desire that desire itself is my fulfillment.”
The Secrets of Ishbar (1996)
As quoted in The Eclectic Magazine Vol. VII, (January - June 1868)
Variants:
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
As quoted in School Arts (1935) by Art Study and Teaching Periodicals, p. 91
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.
As quoted in Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own (2004) by Roger C. Schank, p. 151
Song for St. Cecilia's Day (1692), st. 4
“The desire for power feeds off itself, growing as it devours.”
“The Finder” (p. 80)
Earthsea Books, Tales from Earthsea (2001)
