To be so bent on Marriage – to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation – is a sort of thing that shocks me; I cannot understand it. Poverty is a great Evil,...

I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as the Happiness of Duty; for we ought to be...

I think you mother has Asperger’s,” Georgie had said to Neal.”They didn’t get Asperger’s int he ’50s.””I’m just saying maybe she’s on the the spectrum.””She’s just a math teacher.

The school takes its coloring from yourown attitude,

By-passing all scriptures and all that any teacher has to say, we shall, while respecting every finger that points to the moon, be mindful only of the moon. This habit will make it easier to...

If the path has been laid down, why the successive appearance of different teachers? Why would anyone reinvent the wheel, if everything were as cosy and sequential as primitive longing so easily convinces us?

If you had to sacrifice three people to save six people, would you do it? I would—if the three were politicians and the six were teachers, inventors, artists, or anybody but lawyers, lobbyists, or central...

Working together for a great mission is very fulfilling!

Liebig was not a teacher in the ordinary sense of the word. Scientifically productive himself in an unusual degree, and rich in chemical ideas, he imparted the latter to his advanced pupils, to be put...

As a Jew, I had no desire to challenge my childhood prejudice. But as a teacher, I could not do otherwise.

The teacher is a catalyst to convert information from a high energy state (list of facts) to a low energy state (visual concept associated with known concepts).

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Narcissus’s thoughts were far more occupied with Goldmund than Goldmund imagined. He wanted the bright boy as a friend. He sensed in him his opposite, his complement; he would have liked to adopt, lead, enlighten,...

I am not a teacher, I am a friend who cares.

Even English-teacher bookworms need friends and bars.

There are times when even I, a mere cat, can put two thoughts together. “Teachers have it easy. If you are born a human, it’s best to become a teacher. For if it’s possible to...

One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will...

Do not trust a teacher that is unwilling to learn.

A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.

Teach me, O Lord, to glory in my cross. Teach me the value of my thorns. Show me how I have climbed to You through my path of pain. Show me that it is through...

don’t worry when situations get bitter. A bitter situation is a better teacher. The greatest lessons in life cannot only be found in comfort but also in the uncomfortable situations of life

Don’t bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn’t listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn’t listen to your bell, sit back and listen to his nemesis.

Teacher doesn’t become a Teacher itself, But by a Student

You okay?””Fine.””Your heart’s beating really fast.””Gee, thanks. That’s very comforting that you can hear it.”He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she’d first met before all the vamp stuff.”Yeah, I know it...

Love is a word, another kind of open.As the diamond comesinto a knot of flameI am Blackbecause I come from the earth’s insidetake my word for jewelin the open light.

A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child’s mind, he does...

She’s a librarian, Sim said. They’re not teachers; don’t give you half as much hassle. If there’s a fire in the school and I’ve got to choose who I’m gonna save – a teacher or...

When it comes to learning success, action is your school, and failure your teacher.

Alexander Hamilton Junior High School– SEMESTER REPORT — STUDENT: Joseph MargolisTEACHER: Janet HicksENGLISH: A, ARITHMETIC: A, SOCIAL STUDIES: A, SCIENCE: A, NEATNESS: A, PUNCTUALITY: A, PARTICIPATION: A, OBEDIENCE: DTeacher’s Comments:Joseph remains a challenging student. While...

It was a bitch living with your old English teacher, especially when your old English teacher wasn’t old at all, and he had exactly the kind of body that most appealed to her, tall and...

Because this is Upper Canada, after all, and ‘caning’ sounds more English than ‘having ass whipped to death with hickory stick.

Without books no one can be a good teacher nor even a good student of this art.

It is my business as a Sunday school teacher to instill a divine discontent for the ordinary. Only the best possible is good enough for God. Can you say, ‘God, I have done all that...

When red fights with white, pink is always the winner. Let that be a lesson in love.

He sat at his desk – last seat, last row – and looked at the chart on the wall next to him. Of course there was no gold star next to his name. He had...

With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you – that’s my way of functioning and working. I will sabotage...

Preaching vs Teaching:The difference between preaching and teaching: one makes you feel good, the other makes you grow.

There was once an abbot who had spent thirty-nine years alone in the temple with cats as his only companions. As someone who believed that faith and willpower could conquer any difficulty, the abbot began...

This was fast becoming messy war with our hall now covered in foam and a puddle of green slime…

Sorry I’m late.

Before I’ll take my clone on as a pupil in the craft of writing, he must prove his worthiness. He must write 100 thoughts down, of which 10 might be interesting. If he’s done that,...

Mrs. Palmer is a teacher so naturally I assumed she would never do anything good for me.

When we were little,” the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, “we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle –...

In teaching the young you have to satisfy the schoolchild in yourself and enter the region where all meanings start. That is where, in any case, the philosopher has perpetually to start.

I hardly think there’s any chance of that,” Amelie said. “I doubt you have the capacity.

It is the ‘Teacher’, that shapes a novice; not only with his studies, but character too.

Your best teacher is the person offering you your greatest challenge.

I can see myself in my teacher’s eyes. I look like a pupil.