We are all students of the world; frail embodied consciousnesses struggling to understand, and be a meaningful part of this great, mysterious gift of life.
He__ no longer be a grade-motivated person. He__ be a knowledge-motivated person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come from inside. He__ be a free man. He wouldn__ need a lot of discipline to shape him up. In fact, if the instructors assigned him were slacking on the job he would be likely to shape them up by asking rude questions. He__ be there to learn something, would be paying to learn something and they__ better come up with it.Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a ferocious force...
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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He__ no longer be a grade-motivated person. He__ be a knowledge-motivated person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come from inside. He__ be a free man. He wouldn__ need a lot of discipline to shape him up. In fact, if the instructors assigned him were slacking on the job he would be likely to shape them up by asking rude questions. He__ be there to learn something, would be paying to learn something and they__ better come up with it.Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a ferocious force...
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