"Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness."

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Source : GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”

Gilbert Highet

#Teaching Quotes #Effort Quotes #Energy Quotes

“For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.”
“Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed to establish one religious sect, and lay all others under legal disabilities. But as we know not what may take place hereafter, and any such test would be exceedingly injurious to the rights of free citizens, I cannot think it altogether superfluous to have added a clause, which secures us from the possibility of such oppression.”
“It was a sphincter at the top of a black bowl. A fitting commentary on the FAYZ, Diana thought. A giant sphincter.”
“The important thing is that your teammates have to know you're pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.”
“When I first thought about becoming Jane Austen I had to forget about the fear, or at least choose something else to focus on because it was becoming paralysing, I couldn't focus. I felt frightened, not so much by her fans' reaction to my performance but that I would be playing someone who I think is a legend, who I respect and admire so much. I didn't want to fail, so I was putting a lot of pressure on myself.”
“the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat”
“In the present world, this technological, psychotic, politicised, nonsensical world, you have to believe that the good guys are going to win! That evil will be banished somehow!”
“There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience.”

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