Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

Topics: Benevolence Quotes, Gifts Quotes, Teachers And Teaching Quotes

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due...

ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.