Teaching Quotes

"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." "The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn" "The more you teach the less you have to instruct" "Warren and I have skills that could easily be taught to other people. In fact, some people are using them already. But they tend to be uncommon skills" "The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher." "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." "Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep." "Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual." "I'm half Hawaiian and the haka is a very sacred thing, something your family teaches you." "One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world" "My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers." "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school" "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted" "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel" "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think" "Good acting should teach people to understand each other better" "Tell me and I forget teach me and I may remember involve me and I learn" "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." "Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."