Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lain their power and their charm.

And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

In teaching there should be no class distinctions.

Every spring he vowed to quit teaching school, and every summer he missed his pupils and searched for them on the streets.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre ...