Teacher

Experience is the teacher of all things.

I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.

I've done some analysis of the biblical stories as part of my psychological work. I knew that I had more to do, and every time I've done it, it's been extremely valuable. It makes me a better teacher because I have a richer understanding of cultural history.

I'm glad I was a teacher.

Everybody who makes any kind of policy needs to substitute teach. But you've got to be a real teacher. You can't just go to a couple of classes with the regular teacher there. It is an incredibly hard job.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.

The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.

I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.