You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling LifeHarper Collins, 2011 M04 26 - 228 pages From a former first lady and civil rights activist, “a frank and practical book which . . . will be a source of comfort and inspiration to her many admirers” –Kirkus Reviews Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each new thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life—a powerful volume of enduring commonsense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, she takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. Her keys to a fulfilling life? Learning to Learn • Fear—the Great Enemy • The Uses of Time • The Difficult Art of Maturity • Readjustment is Endless • Learning to Be Useful• The Right to Be an Individual • How to Get the Best Out of People •Facing Responsibility • How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics • Learning to Be a Public Servant The First Lady’s illuminating manual is a window into Eleanor Roosevelt herself and a trove of timeless wisdom that resonates in any era. |
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... essential thing is to learn. Learning and living. But they are really the same thing, aren't they? There is no experience from which you can't learn something. When you stop learning you stop living in any Acknowledgments Preface.
... essential thing is to learn. Learning and living. But they are really the same thing, aren't they? There is no experience from which you can't learn something. When you stop learning you stop living in any Acknowledgments Preface.
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... essential thing is to relate every fact learned to the tangible world around him. The purpose of his education is to explain to him the things he can feel and see and touch and experience in his daily life. Carried to an extreme, the ...
... essential thing is to relate every fact learned to the tangible world around him. The purpose of his education is to explain to him the things he can feel and see and touch and experience in his daily life. Carried to an extreme, the ...
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... essential thing is that he is so trained that he can use his mind as a tool, a supple instrument to dig out the facts as he needs them. But facts, after all, are a comparatively small part of education. They are a small part of the ...
... essential thing is that he is so trained that he can use his mind as a tool, a supple instrument to dig out the facts as he needs them. But facts, after all, are a comparatively small part of education. They are a small part of the ...
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... essential at the time, and I cannot say that Caesar's Gallic Wars were ever very interesting, I soon came to discover that in the thing which I greatly enjoyed, the acquiring of languages, Latin was of positive help. I had studied in ...
... essential at the time, and I cannot say that Caesar's Gallic Wars were ever very interesting, I soon came to discover that in the thing which I greatly enjoyed, the acquiring of languages, Latin was of positive help. I had studied in ...
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... essential point has been missed. Learning can be a game. Imagination, for instance, is always a game. I think it would be interesting to analyze a little bit what imagination is. Actually, it is the power to use whatever you have become ...
... essential point has been missed. Learning can be a game. Imagination, for instance, is always a game. I think it would be interesting to analyze a little bit what imagination is. Actually, it is the power to use whatever you have become ...
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