"The authority of those who teach is..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Now in regard to trades and other means of livelihood, which ones are to be considered becoming to a gentleman and which ones are vulgar, we have been taught, in general, as follows. First, those means of livelihood are rejected as undesirable which incur people's ill-will, as those of tax-gatherers and usurers. Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery.”

“Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.”

“A wise man does nothing by constraint.”

“The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.”

“Failure is... the highway to success.”

“At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.”

“I'm not a teacher, but an awakener.”

“It is only the fundamental conceptions of psychology which are of real value to a teacher.”

“But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst others simply cannot. And psychology and general pedagogy here confess their failure, and hand things over to the deeper spring of human personality to conduct the task.”