Afford Quote by Howard Crosby

Some persons have contended that mathematics ought to be taught by making the illustrations obvious to the senses. Nothing can be more absurd or…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The only teaching possible is to show a man how to learn from his own wisdom, and to utilise his ignorance and mistakes: not…

— Austin Osman Spare

To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.

— William James

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced…

— William Godwin

The main object of teaching is not to give explanations, but to knock at the doors of the mind.

— Rabindranath Tagore

I once knew an otherwise excellent teacher who compelled his students to perform all their demonstrations with incorrect figures, on the theory that it…

— Ernst Mach

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more you need to seduce the senses to it.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

In this science the illustrations and examples are not confined in their effect merely to the practice they afford in the analytical art, but…

— Dionysius Lardner

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold…

— Anonymous

A real enlightened teacher is intense and they could care less what you think about anything at any time since you are lost in…

— Frederick Lenz