"In teaching, you must simply work your..." - Quote by William James
In teaching, you must simply work your pupil into such a state of interest in what you are going to teach him that every other object of attention is banished from his mind; then reveal it to him so impressively that he will remember the occasion to his dying day; and finally fill him with devouring curiosity to know what the next steps in connection with the subject are.
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“Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities. Prune his extravagance, sober him, and you undo him.”
“Truth happens to an idea”
“A winner's attitude: it may be difficult, but it's possible. A loser's attitude: It may be possible, but it's too difficult.”
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“Our attitude towards ourselves should be 'to be satiable in learning' and towards others 'to be tireless in teaching.”
“The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.”
“It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.”
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“Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.”
“The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more refined, the school.”
“If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment over education, delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to make, but while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause”