I’m not a teacher, but an awakener.
—Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day’s disasters in his morning face.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet
In teaching others we teach ourselves.
—Common Proverb
My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.
—Thomas Arnold (1795–1842) English Educationalist
Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers.
—Richard Bach (b.1936) American Writer, Aviator
Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease in ours. He is awkward, and out of place in the society of his equals. He comes like Gulliver from among his little people, and he cannot fit the stature of his understanding to yours.
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834) British Essayist, Poet
We think of our efficient teachers with a sense of recognition, but those who touched our humanity we remember with gratitude. Learning is the essential mineral, but warmth is the life-element for the child’s soul, no less than for the growing plant.
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
You can’t teach a hunter it’s wrong to kill.
—Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) Indian-American Yogi, Hindu Monk
The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to the measure of capacity.—Precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration wins him.
—Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–89) English Poet, Writer
What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honourable, than that of teaching?
—Harriet Martineau (1802–76) English Sociologist, Economist, Philosopher, Essayist
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99) German Philosopher, Physicist
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.
—Thomas N. Carruthers (1900–60) American Christian Priest
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
—Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
—Mary Catherine Bateson (1939–2021) American Cultural Anthropologist, Author
A good schoolmaster minces his precepts for children to swallow, hanging clogs on the nimbleness of his own soul, that his scholars may go along with him.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
—Jacques Barzun (b.1907) American Cultural Historian, Philosopher
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth.”
—Dan Rather (b.1931) American Newscaster, Author
I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat.
—Bernard M. Baruch (1870–1965) American Financier, Economic Consultant
A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply, roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
There is no teaching to compare with example.
—Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941) English Soldier, Founder of the Boy Scouts
You teach best what you most need to learn.
—Richard Bach (b.1936) American Writer, Aviator
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
—Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German Poet, Playwright, Theater Personality
The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.
—Marva Collins (1936–2015) American Educator
You don’t have to be a “person of influence” to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me.
—Scott Adams (b.1957) American Cartoonist
By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.
—Latin Proverb
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