Quotes about "Indigenous Wisdom"

When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra. ”

The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts. ”

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. ”

I can't imagine how hard it must be to invest in a community... when you don't feel heard and when you don't feel seen. ”

Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset. ”

If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature. ”

When I was little, I went to a Jewish community day school for most of elementary school. ”

The struggle I went through has value. ”

Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don't invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them. ”

Of all the quirky, inexplicable, reindeer-embellished holiday traditions out there, making your own Yule log might take the cake. ”