More quotations tagged with “teaching”
Teaching is not a lost art, but regard for teaching is a lost tradition.
—Tryon Edwards
Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
—Chinese proverb
Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.
—Bertrand Russell
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
—Anatole France
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
—Amos Bronson Alcott