A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.

Quote by Horace Mann

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Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and...

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may...

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes....

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...