Quotes are a very good way to engage discussion. The language may be simple yet the meaning may be deep and worthy of exploration, understanding discussion. Quotations are good focal points to discuss the life and work of the speaker, the meaning and importance of the statement and the impact of the statement on the culture. Often I would begin a class discussion with a quotation and often they are challenging to students. That's fine. Help them to understand the meaning and importance.
Quotes are readily available. Watch for a vast collection to be made available here. Let's begin with the very prolific Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi.
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"Those who know how to think need no teachers."
"We must become the change we want to see in the world."
"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes."
Mohandas Gandhi
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