Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.
The human mind is our fundamental resource.
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