“Don't make any decision to impress people. They would act like they are impressed to find they are not.They act like they… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Turning against the church I also had to turn against a lot of the teachings of people in my family who were… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
The act of learning itself is no longer seen as simply a matter of information transfer, but rather as a process of… — Susan C. Aldridge Copy Share Image
When I was young, I went to college, had a teacher who was, had been a student of Trilling's at Columbia, this… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Most remarks made by children consist of correct ideas very badly expressed. A good teacher will be very wary of saying 'No,… — W. W. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“I agree that is it important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with the ear.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
The national research effort, upon which so much depends, will remain healthy only so long as there is sound core of disinterested… — Alan Tower Waterman Copy Share Image
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
If I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise,… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
If you try to impose a rigid discipline while teaching a child or a chimp you are working against the boundless curiosity… — Roger Fouts Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have noticed that the child who learns quickly is adventurous. She's ready to run risks. She approaches life… — John Holt Copy Share Image
But more classrooms and more teachers are not enough. We must seek an educational system which grows in excellence as it grows… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“The first ring glowed in the distance, lit up by consumerism that was brought to Jakarta courtesy of western cultures and Christian… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I constantly meet people who are doubtful, generally without due reason, about their potential capacity [as mathematicians]. The first test is whether… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Since civilizing children takes the better part of two decades--some twenty years of nonstop thinking, nurturing, teaching, coaxing, rewarding, forgiving, warning, punishing,… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
No matter what spiritual path you've walked or what teachings you've followed, they must lead you back to no path and no… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia.… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“Dear God, I ask that today and every day that follows you wash any anger from my heart. I desperately want to… — Ron Baratono Copy Share Image
Celibacy is one of the most unnatural things. It has destroyed so many human beings - millions - Catholic monks, Hindu monks,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Real education happens only by failing, changing, challenging, and adjusting. All of those gerunds apply to teachers as well as students. No… — Siva Vaidhyanathan Copy Share Image
There would be those of us who say that in many ways, you worry about what the Jews in Israel are doing… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Teaching is like having a bank account. You can happily draw on it while it is well supplied with new funds; otherwise… — E.R. Braithwaite Copy Share Image
In the art of teaching, we recognize that ideas and insights need to cook over a period of time. Sometimes the student… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
The last jobs I had were fixing cars and covering football games for a local access tv station. As in driving the… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Oprah was not somebody who was telling us what to do, she wasn't really teaching us like so many people we see… — Bonnie Hunt Copy Share Image
...the more strictly and faithfully every man and woman lives up to the guidance and teaching of this Inward Anointing - and… — Elias Hicks Copy Share Image
There was something I was always very good at, however, and that was teaching myself not to be frightened while frightening things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Traditional education focuses on teaching, not learning. It incorrectly assumes that for every ounce of teaching there is an ounce of learning… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image