“Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field.”
“It is not the teacher's proper task to be constantly testingand checking the understanding of the learner. That's the learner's task, andonly the learner can do it. The teacher's job is to answer questions whenlearners ask them, or to try to help learners understand better when they askfor that help.”
“The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.”
“Failure gives the bald hairs; equips the novice with experience. The learner, sooner or later, becomes a teacher by it.”
“The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.”
“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.”