Teaching Quotes

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Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir. They teach facts,… — Terry Pratchett
I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in… — Hermann Hesse
When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow. — M. Scott Peck
In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first — Gary L. Francione
The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the… — Dalai Lama
Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you. — Gordon Korman
It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good… — Betty Smith
He was teaching me how to die, just as he'd taught me how to live. — Abraham Verghese
Mentors and apprentices are partners in an ancient human dance, and one of teaching's great rewards is the daily chance it gives us to get… — Parker J. Palmer
In all the works on pedagogy that ever I read â€” and they have been many, big, and heavy â€” I don't remember that any… — Charles Sanders Peirce
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if… — Carl Sagan
I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars… — Hermann Hesse
Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully — Mason Cooley
Teaching, therefore, asks first of all the creation of a space where students and teachers can enter into a fearless communication with each other and… — Henri Nouwen
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education. — Paul Feyerabend
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but then… — Meg Wolitzer
Nothing is more important for teaching us to understand the concepts we have than to construct fictitious ones. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. — Leo Tolstoy
I hope that schools have changed since I was a little girl. My memory of the teaching of the public schools is that it showed… — Isadora Duncan
Action is the activity of the rational soul, which abhors irrationality and must combat it or be corrupted by it. When it sees the irrationality… — Iain Pears

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