All Gilbert Highet Quotes
- Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils… All
- These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. Alive
- The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought… Action
- A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. Believe
- What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? Endure
- Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death. Death
- These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just… Alive
- The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable… Beyond
- The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best… Aim
- A good teacher is a determined person Determined
- The Sonnets of Shakespeare have the fascination of an autobiography, without its clarity. It is like reading an important document in a cave by the… Autobiography
- I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance. Believe
- Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse. Greatest
- Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it. Americans
- Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and… Conversation
- Many of the snarly bad-tempered teachers whom we remember with hatred were really nice people soured by years of anxiety and penny-pinching. Anxiety
- The teacher's chief difficulty is poverty. He (or she) belongs to a badly paid profession. He cannot dress and live like a workman, but he… Badly
- Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires,… Careless
- At certain times and in certain schools it is orthodox to be a rebel; and in general it is a very poor class that does… Authority
- The best school in the world will scarcely save a boy who hates the school and the purpose it serves and the society that created… Best