I am convinced that the battle for humankindís future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly view their role as the proselytizers of a new faithÖ The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new; the rotting corpse of Christianity, together with all its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of HumanismÖ
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
When teaching, light a fire, don't fill a bucket.
The sage does not expect that others use his criteria as their own.
To be a teacher is to be forever an optimist.
Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.
For every person wanting to teach there are 30 not wanting to be taught.
