God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is not--Do your duty, but--Do what is not your duty. It is not your… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
It might be comforting to assume that intolerance is an aberration within Islam but discrimination against Christians or any other non-Muslim is… — Michael Coren Copy Share Image
“After graduate school, I stumbled into teaching mostly by chance. I was lucky and picked up new fields as I taught, expanding… — Salvatore Pane Copy Share Image
Geology does better in reclothing dry bones and revealing lost creations, than in tracing veins of lead and beds of iron; astronomy… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In both the Holy Land of the New Testament and the promised land of the Book of Mormon, [our Savior] spent considerable… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
Nothing is better for my playing than teaching because when you teach, you have to think and you have to listen what… — Itzhak Perlman Copy Share Image
The whole enterprise of teaching managers is steeped in the ethic of data-driven analytical support. The problem is, the data is only… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“Teaching is not only about places, things, and concepts; teaching is totally encompassed within the confines of humanity. It's about people and… — Lanny K. Cook Copy Share Image
We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I have a completely worthless degree: a BS in Photojournalism from Boston University (BU). With this degree, I suppose I could have… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted… — Robin Winks Copy Share Image
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have no proof that Socrates ever existed. We only know from witnesses to his life that he did. Like Jesus, he… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
My concern is that the leaders who are presently responsible for guiding the masses and teaching the people in the church environment,… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more… — George Will Copy Share Image
Not only does social life demand teaching and learning for its own permanence, but the very process of living together educates. It… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“She took a deep breath. "Let me begin again." If this girl wanted to play ball in front of her department head,… — Red Tash Copy Share Image
Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
It is said that “there is a self,” but “non-self” too is taught. The buddhas also teach there is nothing which is… — Nagarjun Copy Share Image
To teach effectively a teacher must develop a feeling for his subject; he cannot make his students sense its vitality if he… — George Polya Copy Share Image
I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition… — Anne Sullivan Macy Copy Share Image
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Quand tu veux construire un bateau, ne commence pas par rassembler du bois, couper des planches et distribuer du travail, mais reveille… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
...as our friend Zach has often noted, in our days those who do the best for astronomy are not the salaried university… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
“The author charted the importance of human examples on his spiritual journey, confessing that when harsh and domineering people based their bullying… — Don Wilton Copy Share Image
“Can writing ever be taught? The best answer to that was given obliquely by the rock musician David Lee Roth. When asked… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Sigue dedicándose a la enseñanza [...] porque así aprende la virtud de la humildad, porque así comprende con toda claridad cuál es… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
9/11 was my first day teaching at Harvard University. My classes were all canceled and I got back to town two days… — Hal Hartley Copy Share Image
If you do a little bit of looking at books with your children and inspire them to be curious about the pictures… — Stanley Greenspan Copy Share Image
Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In my experience, it is Affection that creates this taste, teaching us first to notice, then to endure, then to smile at,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image