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

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...

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.

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...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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...

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...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

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...

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

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...

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.

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

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...

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...

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...

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

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...

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.