But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
School houses do not teach themselves - piles of brick and mortar and machinery do not send out men. It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be black or white, Greek, Russian or American.
Education has for its object the formation of character.
I believe that in the pursuit of education, individual desire is more influential than institution, and personal faith more forceful than faculty.
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.
To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.
Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
Teachers shape so much of what a kid's upbringing can be.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
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