Quoting Good Words

The real difficulty, the difficulty that has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the emotional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual? Albert Einstein

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Reading Aloud: the Words Endure

or, The Cosmic Bedtime Story

By CircleReader | November 17th, 2009
Our family's evening reading together was no more -- and no less -- difficult than all the other things we do together as a family. Day in & day out, this practice of reading builds up a foundation and a bulwark that will strengthen and protect us throughout our lives. Day in & day out, we parents are building up our children, our schools, and our communities, guarding them from a multitude of evils, just by reading aloud.
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Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad

By CircleReader | May 25th, 2009
Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.
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