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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (Brown Jr. Tom)
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple. (Brown Jr. Tom)
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. (Brown Jr. Tom)
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. (Brown Jr. Tom)
My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make. (Brown Jr. Tom)
You teach best what you most need to learn. (Brown Jr. Tom)
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. (Brown Jr. Tom)
I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality. (Brown Jr. Tom)
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. (Brown Jr. Tom)
Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him. (Brown Jr. Tom)
The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array. (Brown Jr. Tom)
Life is amazing: and the teacher had better prepare himself to be a medium for that amazement. (Brown Jr. Tom)
There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. (Brown Jr. Tom)
The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn. (Brown Jr. Tom)
Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. (Brown Jr. Tom)
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. (Brown Jr. Tom)
Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism... the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young. (Brown Jr. Tom)
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. (Brown Jr. Tom)
First he wrought, and afterward he taught. (Brown Jr. Tom)
A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching. (Brown Jr. Tom)
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. (Brown Jr. Tom)
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