#tea

His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tolkien #teaching

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#teaching

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#tears #christianity

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#freedom #history #learn #lose #politics

When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#crying #tears #comfort

Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her. ↗

— Rafe Esquith

#baseball

Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense of accomplishment they innately have. When they're treated like that, children start to crawl inside a shell and keep everything inside. It takes a lot of time and effort to get them to open up again. Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#parenting #teaching #parenting

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference. ↗

— John Wooden

#teaching #opportunity

(Mal) We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#human-spirit #impossibility #team-work #spirit

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#influence