The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.

Amos Bronson Alcott
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  1. You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. - Galileo Galilei

  2. It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it. - Fulton J. Sheen

  3. Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. - Aristotle

  4. I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. - Albert Einstein

  5. I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable... - Haim G. Ginott

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