Handbook for teachers in Human Values Education by Ron and Suwanti Farmer. Quotes XIX

-We live in forgetfulness, looking for happiness somewhere else. Thich Nhat Hanh.
-Being open to the present moment, without clinging to it or rejecting it, allows teachers and students to let go of the endless chattering of their mind, to be free to experience the true Self, the five Human Values.
-The mind is a product of countless neuronal pathways in the brain, many of which have become set into habitual patterns over the years.
-To become exemplary role models we will need to reprogram the mind. It requires us to make a conscious choice at every moment, as to whether to hold on to a thought, or to let go of it.
-The challenge is how to remember to remember to be aware of each thought, and to exercise our mastery over whether it stays or not.
-When we are being patient, we know that the experience unfolding before our eye of awareness has it own perfect timing. Wishing that this moment will soon pass so that we can enjoy the next is like hoping that a blooming flower on a bush will soon fade so that we can enjoy the next one to appear.
-We can trust that whatever another person says or does to us, it will be perfect for our personal growth and learning.
-Letting go is like putting down two suitcases full of old rubbish.
-When we experience in the present moment the seven qualities of pure mindfulness (non-judging, patience, trust, beginner's mind, non-striving, letting go, acceptance), we see only the best in others.
-As we begin to develop awareness of the mind, it witnesses without judgment and without comment.
-School teachers have the fate of the nation in their hands.
-It is not enough for a teacher to impart information in an efficient manner without any consideration for the moral and ethical awakening of the classroom pupils.
-Today's children are not happy. We cannot stand by while our society's vulnerable ones suffer and go astray.
-Teaching as the most noble of all professions.
-We are all cells in the one body of humanity.
-It is because as students they have gained only information without any thought of transformation to become a true human being who lives and breathes goodness, wisdom and unconditional love, with an irresistible urge to be of service to those who are struggling.
-Be the change we want to see in our students.
-The example of our own behavior that we set before others is highly observable.
-Students who feel truly listened to, heard and understood by their teacher are automatically inclined to behave in this same way towards others.