"Moses ordained that Jews be addressed each holiday on the subject of that holiday, and he said to Israel: if you do this, it will be as if you established God’s sovereignty." ~~ Midrash Abkir, Yalkut Shimoni #408
"Reviewing a lesson a hundred times cannot be compared with reviewing it a hundred and one times." ~~ Hillel
"Just as a man does not blush to ask his friend to give him water, so he should not be ashamed to ask a younger man to teach him Torah." ~~ Tanchuma
"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. " ~~ Henry Kissinger
"The bad teacher’s words fall on his pupils like harsh rain; the good teacher’s, as gently as the dew." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit 7a
"It is better to know well than to know much." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Scholars enhance peace in the world." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake to make the teaching great and glorious." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu)
"We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. " ~~ Phyllis Diller
"When I see no way of teaching a truth but one that will please one intelligent man but will offend ten thousand fools, I address myself to the one, and ignore the censure of the thousands." ~~ Maimonides
"Education that is merely concerned with the transmission of information is doomed to failure. It must serve the greater and more noble purpose of cultivating the student’s moral character. " ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson
"An unmarried man may not be an elementary teacher." ~~ Mishna: Kiddushin
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