Quotes by Teaching When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew. Thom Gunn prideteachingteacher He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity. Thomas Aquinas religion-of-islamteachingmen Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and intertwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally, I do not mean figuratively, but literally impossible for us to figure what the loss would be if these teachings were removed. We would lose all the standards by which we now judge both public and private morals; all the standards toward which we, with more or less resolution, strive to raise ourselves. Theodore Roosevelt teachinglossmean Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and there are so many people... No matter who plants or waters, God gives no harvest unless what is planted is the faith of Peter and unless he agrees to his teachings. Thomas Becket teachingwaterpeople The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed. Theodore Roosevelt teachingwould-beimpossible Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. Thomas Berry natureteachingchildren What does the Earth Desire? I will put it in just a few short sentences... To be admired in her loveliness, To be tasted in her delicious fruits, To be listened to in her teaching, To be endured in the severity of her discipline, To be cared for as a maternal source from whence we come, a destiny to which we return. It's very simple. Thomas Berry destinysimpleteaching The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is. Thomas Bailey Aldrich fatebedteaching Almost every man who has by his life-work added to the sum of human achievement of which the race is proud, of which our people are proud, almost every such man has based his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible Theodore Roosevelt raceteachingmen He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. Thomas Carlyle virtuousteachingwise I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language. Theodore Roosevelt one-wordlanguageteaching Life is a series of lessons that have to be understood. Thomas Carlyle learninglessonsteaching He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith. Thomas Aquinas churchteachingdoe In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture doth admit of diverse interpretations, that no one cling to any particular exposition with such pertinacity that, if what he supposed to be the teaching of Scripture should afterward turn out to be clearly false, he should nevertheless still presume to put it forward, lest thereby the sacred Scriptures should be exposed to the derision of unbelievers and the way of salvation should be closed to them. Thomas Aquinas sacred-scriptureteachingtwo Systems of schooling are over managed and under led. Thomas J. Sergiovanni schoolingteaching Men, in teaching others, learn themselves. Thomas Lodge teachingeducationinspirational The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves...these clergy, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Christ. Thomas Jefferson realteachingjesus Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future. Thomas McKinnon Wood teachingappreciationchildren Early on I decided that fishing would be my way of looking at the world. First it taught me to look at rivers. Lately it has been teaching me how to look at people, myself included. Thomas McGuane fishingteachingsea That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will. Thomas Huxley teachingeducationmen«169170171172173174175176177178179»
