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Complete Live and Learn and Pass It On: People Ages 5 to 95 Share What They've Discovered about Life, Love, and Other Good Stuff

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The profundity of the sayings in this book - ranging from kiddish to wise - plainly reflect on the person's age, experience and state of mind. To us, it suggests that our thought process is dynamic and constantly evolving, our every act has a stamp of 'nature and nurture' in it that there is no right or wrong in doing things (everything is relative) - and no wonder, we are complicated creatures!! In other words, 'Live, learn and pass it on' is an excellent consolidation of shared thoughts based on one thing a person had learned from his/her life. I would definitely recommend it!

Ok. Not as good as the authors other more famous book - Life's little instruction book which I turn to very often.

This book has MANY quotes from people of all ages regarding life. Some are somewhat simplistic and some really get you to think. Topics include everything that life brings both good and bad...but I particularly enjoyed the ones about "trust." I had trouble putting it down and read the entire book (it is small...but thick) in a weekend. It reminded me of "Life's Little Instruction Book," which is more direct/specific and one of my favorites. However, this one not only offers some wise insight, but just a little bit of cuteness is thrown in too.

This little book (it's maybe 4 inches squared) has proved to be one of my most precious learning tools in my high school classroom. After I share some of the quotes with my students (there are over 370 pages of quotes, with an average of 3-4 on each page), I give them the opportunity to write their own "life lessons." We do this several times throughout the school year and I collect the lessons in a binder. At the end of the school year I share all the lessons with my students from the past year (and previous years, as well). They love to hear what their classmates wrote (most are anonymous, but some like to put their names on theirs). They never complain about having to read or write for this exercise, which says a lot for high school students.

The book itself may be small, but the quotes are terrific. There's a good mix of funny, sad, inspiring, and heart-wrenching lessons. And no matter how many times I've read them, they never get old. I bought a second copy because so many of my students wanted to borrow my copy to read (which is marked with stars, dogearred, and tagged with post-its for read-alouds). I also have a copy of the older hard-back copy, which can be purchased used pretty reasonably. It has the same quotes in a larger font, so it's easier to read. I recommend getting one of the "Complete" collections rather than purchasing the volumes separately.