To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
Mahatma GandhiRead
I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher
Interpretation
A teacher's influence is more valuable than any textbook.
Mahatma Gandhi highlights the essential role of a teacher in the educational journey of a student. He suggests that the personal interactions, guidance, and support provided by a teacher are irreplaceable and often more impactful than the information found in textbooks, emphasizing the importance of human connection in learning.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of education, I might quote Gandhi to highlight the role of teachers.
To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
I knew chemistry would be worse, because I'd seen a big card of the ninety-odd elements hung up in the chemistry lab, and all the perfectly good words like gold and silver and cobalt and aluminum were shortened to ugly abbreviations with different decimal numbers after them.
When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.
A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, must not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.
Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.
Play is a child's work and this is not a trivial pursuit.
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