#teacher

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all. ↗

— Lactantius

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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard. ↗

— Eliphas Levi

#find #good #good teacher #hard #himself

Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No. ↗

— John Mellencamp

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My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

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Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in Washington about the mediocrity of the teaching profession - and I don't find that to be true at all. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#be true #been #contempt #deal #demoralized

Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#never #should #state #teachers #themselves

We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stands above everybody and says, 'Now, listen. You people have to stop blaming each other unreasonably. You have to get along here and I am going to show you the way.' It is a pretty brave role in many ways. ↗

— Evan Thomas

#along #am #blaming #brave #each

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. ↗

— Giorgio Vasari

#beautiful #creation #divine #first #god

I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers. ↗

— Scott Walker

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