Famous quotes containing the word teach:
“For thats what a woman, a mother wantsto teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows its safer for them to be interested in other peoples happiness than to believe in their own.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)
“We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should forcefully explain that our role is not to teach them to think as we do but rather to teach them, by example, the importance of taking a stance that is rooted in rigorous engagement with the full range of ideas about a topic.”
—bell hooks (b. 1955)
“Here may we prove the powr of prayr,
To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heavn before our eyes.”
—William Cowper (17311800)