"If you understand the why and wherefore of what you learn, you do not forget it quickly." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Berakot 5:1
"To practise (Not to practise) what one teaches. " ~~ Talmud, Chagigah; Talmud, Yevamot
"What is the true national education? That which makes children absorb the national spirit unconsciously." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"He who has not studied enough and teaches imperfect knowledge is to be treated as if he has sinned intentionally." ~~ Maimonides
"Even the mundane talk of scholars needs study." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara
"There are three teachers: parents, instructors, and comrades." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"A soul that is sick, humble and subservient…is not capable of absorbing wisdom, particularly when subjected to arrogant and cruel masters." ~~ Huke HaTorah
"It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it — all the associations which a different word has." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The highest task of education is training for duty." ~~ Berthold Auerbach
"Getting education is like getting measles; you have to go where measles is." ~~ Abraham Flexner
"There are four types [of students]: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sifter: The sponge soaks up everything; the funnel takes in at one ear but lets out at the other; the strainer lets pass the wine and retains the lees; and the sifter holds back the coarse flour and collects the fine." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 5:15
"If you forsake study for one day, it will forsake you for two." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Berakhot
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