The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.

—Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott (; November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that...

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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

—Amos Bronson Alcott

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.

—Amos Bronson Alcott

Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.

—Amos Bronson Alcott

Our ideals are our better selves.

—Amos Bronson Alcott

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I have come gradually to understand that the liberal arts cliché about teaching you how to think is actually shorthand for a much deeper, more serious idea: learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed. Think of the old cliché about quote the mind being an excellent servant but a terrible master.

—David Foster Wallace

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School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

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Love is a better teacher than duty.

—Albert Einstein

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If a mother respects both herself and her child from his very first day onward, she will never need to teach him respect for others.

—Alice Miller

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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

—Winston Churchill

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