-The real value of service, its most visible result, it that it reforms you, and reshapes you. Do service as a spiritual discipline; then you will be humble and happy.
-As our children discover the nobility and responsibility within themselves that bring lasting peace and happiness, so too will our society rediscover its essential goodness, truth, love and beauty as the young ones become its driving force when they move into their adult years.
-The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Ward.
-It is as if the student, in being inspired by the teacher's example of virtue, catches a glimpse of their own inherent beauty and magnificence and yearns to bring that home.
-Teaching strategies and techniques in Human Values Education:
1. Quiet time.
2. Mindfulness (Silent sitting)
3. Wise sayings.
4. Story telling.
5. Peaceful mind, Open heart.
6. Service learning.
7. Unity of faiths.
-Prayers and rituals are an opportunity for the student to experience the sacred, the grand mystery and beauty that runs like an underground stream beneath all of life's surface troubles and joys.
-Why do we ask people to sit straight and to sit quiet in meditation? Because when the body is straight and quiet, the mind inside is also straight and quiet. If you cannot control your body, how can you control your mind?
-Teaching strategy as Mindfulness:
1. Sitting or lying still.
2. Focus the mind on the breath, body parts, etc.
3. Guided imagination of light illuminating different parts of the body, and then throughout the whole world.
4. Repetition of special words, either in time with the breath, or independent of the breath.
5. Visualizing being courageous, confident, happy, forgiving, and so on, in specific situations.
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