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Gilbert Highet Quotes

Language is a living thing Picture Quote #1

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching Picture Quote #1

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves Picture Quote #1

People learn more quickly by doing something or seeing something done Picture Quote #1

A good teacher is a determined person Picture Quote #1

The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity Picture Quote #1

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At certain times and in certain schools it is orthodox to be a rebel; and in general it is a very poor class that does not contain at least three pupils who can be counted on to oppose the teachers authority and loudly and persistently to question everything he says Picture Quote #1

Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, and some sort of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers Picture Quote #1

Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse Picture Quote #1

Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers Picture Quote #1

The wise teacher knows that 55 minutes of work plus 5 minutes laughter are worth twice as much as 60 minutes of unvaried work Picture Quote #1

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day’s teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh Picture Quote #1

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He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group of human beings enjoying its existence Picture Quote #1

The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one’s own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one’s own conscious control Picture Quote #1

If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching Picture Quote #1

Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness Picture Quote #1

The best school in the world will scarcely save a boy who hates the school and the purpose it serves and the society that created it Picture Quote #1

Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and sometimes like dancing and wordless music Picture Quote #1

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Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls Picture Quote #1

I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance Picture Quote #1

The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning Picture Quote #1

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart Picture Quote #1

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? Picture Quote #1

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul Picture Quote #1

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Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death Picture Quote #1

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating Picture Quote #1

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health Picture Quote #1

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Language is a living thing (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching (Gilbert Highet Quotes) These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves (Gilbert Highet Quotes) People learn more quickly by doing something or seeing something done (Gilbert Highet Quotes) A good teacher is a determined person (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity (Gilbert Highet Quotes) At certain times and in certain schools it is orthodox to be a rebel; and in general it is a very poor class that does not contain at least three pupils who can be counted on to oppose the teachers authority and loudly and persistently to question everything he says (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, and some sort of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The wise teacher knows that 55 minutes of work plus 5 minutes laughter are worth twice as much as 60 minutes of unvaried work (Gilbert Highet Quotes) A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day’s teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh (Gilbert Highet Quotes) He meant that when people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, master and pupils, jailer and prisoners. They become a single group of human beings enjoying its existence (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one’s own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one’s own conscious control (Gilbert Highet Quotes) If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The best school in the world will scarcely save a boy who hates the school and the purpose it serves and the society that created it (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and sometimes like dancing and wordless music (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls (Gilbert Highet Quotes) I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning (Gilbert Highet Quotes) These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart (Gilbert Highet Quotes) What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? (Gilbert Highet Quotes) The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death (Gilbert Highet Quotes) Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating (Gilbert Highet Quotes) A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health (Gilbert Highet Quotes)