"Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn..." - Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

“One is not unpopular because he uses peculiar expressions; that just so happens; such terms become a fad, and by and by everybody, down to the last simpleton, uses them. But a person who follows through an idea in his mind is, and always will be, essentially unpopular. That is why Socrates was unpopular, though he did not use any special terms, for to grasp and hold his 'ignorance' requires greater vital effort than understanding the whole of Hegel's philosophy.”

“If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence.”

“The most common despair is...not choosing, or willing, to be oneself...[but] the deepest form of despair is to choose to be another than oneself.”

“It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in your teaching.”

“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”

“Never allow others to think you always have the best answers. This will only make them dependent on you.”

“It is with a good book as it is with good company.”

“One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.”

“We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly.”