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“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” Plato, “The Republic”

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” Oscar Wilde, “Intentions” - 1891

“I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.” Mahatma Gandhi, “The Story of my Experiments with Truth” - 1929

“It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it.” Aristotle, “Politics”

“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.” Anatole France, “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard” - 1881

“What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job?” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“Much learning does not teach understanding, otherwise it would have taught Hesiod and Pythagoras, Xenophanes and Hecataeus.” Heraclitus, “On Nature” - c. 535 – c. 475 BCE

“people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves.” Paulo Coelho, “Veronika Decides to Die” - 1998

“We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it’s too late.” Stephen King, “11/22/63” - 2011

“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.” Jules Verne, “The Mysterious Island” - 1874

“Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Emile, or On Education” - 1762

“Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “Emile, or On Education” - 1762

“suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.” Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations” - 1861

“Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not only from her liking for students but also from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find new...” Maya Angelou, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” - 1969

“Religion and spirituality are very different, but people often confuse the two. Some things cannot be taught, but they can be awakened in the heart.” Muhammad Ali, “The Soul of a Butterfly” - 2004

“Yes, he said, the tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.” Plato, “The Republic”

“Sectarian feeling and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.” 14th Dalai Lama, “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight” - 1984

“This is why I am continuing my travels—not to seek other, better teachings, for I know there are none, but to depart from all teachings and all teachers and to reach my goal by myself or to die.” Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha” - 1922

“It has not come to you by means of teachings! And—thus is my thought, oh exalted one,—nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings!” Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha” - 1922

“But there is one thing which these so clear, these so venerable teachings do not contain: they do not contain the mystery of what the exalted one has experienced for himself, he alone among hundreds of thousands.” Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha” - 1922

“And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.” John Green, “Looking for Alaska” - 2005

“I taught you everything you know. But I didn’t teach you everything I know.” Orson Scott Card, “Ender's Game” - 1985

“Those honour Nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything, even on theology.” Blaise Pascal, “Pensées” - 1670

“My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know...” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.” Oscar Wilde, “Intentions” - 1891

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