Tabula rasa Quote by Richie McCaffery

“You’ve learned the lesson,' Kellhus had said on one of those rare mornings when he shared her breakfast. 'What lesson might that be?' 'That…

— R. Scott Bakker

“But the point is, when the writer turns to address the reader, he or she must not only speak to me—naively dazzled and wholly…

— Samuel R. Delany

“But for ourselves, we resent teachers. Let a man get up and say, 'Behold, this is the truth,' and instantly I perceive a sandy…

— Virginia Woolf

“For rigorous teachers seized my youth, And purged its faith, and trimm'd its fire, Show'd me the high, white star of Truth, There bade…

— Matthew Arnold

“Even ruins are teachers, if we listen to what fell.”

— Lawrence Nault

“Don't go back to teaching - it sucks the marrow from your sould and your wisdom fades into the brick brains of those who…

— Martin Roper

“You, therefore, who are undertaking the study of this book, if you persevere to the end and understand it, you will be either a…

— Éliphas Lévi

“The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning.…

— Greg Weisman

“This Land is mostly white space on the map...which is how it should be; I'll leave more detailed map making to those graduate students…

— Stephen King

“Whether through the patterns left in snow, or geese honking in the dark, or through the brilliant wet leaf that hits your face the…

— Mark Nepo

“It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because…

— Helen Keller

“The problem is the teacher, and within its shadow hides the light. When you face it with stillness and trust, the veil lifts and…

— Pamela Cox