Space Direct Sum

Famous quotes containing the words space, direct and/or sum:

    For good teaching rests neither in accumulating a shelfful of knowledge nor in developing a repertoire of skills. In the end, good teaching lies in a willingness to attend and care for what happens in our students, ourselves, and the space between us. Good teaching is a certain kind of stance, I think. It is a stance of receptivity, of attunement, of listening.
    Laurent A. Daloz (20th century)

    He had robbed the body of its taint, the world’s taunts of their sting; he had shown her the holiness of direct desire.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)

    To sum up our most serious objections in a few words, we should say that Carlyle indicates a depth—and we mean not impliedly, but distinctly—which he neglects to fathom.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)