Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.

I cut the tree and my calloused hand carves it, but someone more able than I must finish it with beauty and brilliance.

A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

Never try to teach a pig to sing... it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Just as a person is commanded to honor and revere his father, so he is under an obligation to honor and revere his teacher, even to a greater extent than his father; for his father gave him life in this world, while his teacher instructs him in wisdom, secures for him life in the world to come.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

We teach more by what we are than by what we teach.