Quotes
Quotes about Tea
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
A wise teacher makes learning a joy.
By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from those unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Saw life steadily and saw it whole.
The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those who have thoroughly learned the immense importance of plan in life, and the tragic brevity of time.
The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.
If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. -Unknown.
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.
There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy. - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),
There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.
There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enoughâthe bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!A farewell, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves him?Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me. - Ae Fond Kiss.
Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
An understanding heart is everything is a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
