God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women.
Teaching is listening, learning is talking
There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here. . . that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of other people's ideas, analyzers of evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on the world. Its an idea with revolutionary implications. If we take it seriously.
Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.
A passion for learning. . . isn't something you have to inspire with; it's something you have to keep from extinguishing.
It's the curiosity that drives me. It's making a difference in the world that prevents me from ever giving up.
Only secretly rebellious teachers have ever done right by our least advantaged kids.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, Stay awhile.
A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth.
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.
It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.