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Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:44:57 +0000

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

- Philip Wylie -

Tomorrow! (Beyond Armageddon) by Philip Wylie from Amazon.de

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:40:17 +0000

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest: we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction anil vary the song.

- Henri Frederic Amiel -

Amiel’s Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel from Amazon.de

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:37:12 +0000

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

- Alexander of Macedon -

Philip and Alexander of Macedon: Two Essays in biography from Amazon.de

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:33:39 +0000

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

– Epictetus -

Discourses and Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)from Amazon.de

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:29:23 +0000

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

- Samuel Johnson -

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:25:54 +0000

Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.

- Anatole France -

The Bedouins; Mary Garden, Debussy, Chopin or the Circus, Botticelli, Poe, Brahmsody, Anatole France, Mirbeau, Caruso on Wheels, Calico Cats from Amazon.de

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:17:08 +0000

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

- Albert Einstein -

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:15:34 +0000

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.

- Henri-Frederic Amiel -

Amiel’s Journal. The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel translated with an introduction and notes by Mrs Humphry Ward. from Amazon.de

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:09:28 +0000

Grammar speaks; dialectics teach us truth; rhetoric gives coloring to our speech; music sings; arithmetic numbers; geometry weighs and measures; astronomy teaches us to know the stars.

- Latin Maxim -

Quote of the Day

Maria — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

- Bishop Hall -