"No pupil will attend to his lessons property unless he respects his teacher." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes? " ~~ Neil Simon
"A town without schoolchildren is doomed to destruction." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"A man must repeat the lesson until his pupil has learnt it." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin
"A boy must be urged on, with rewards appropriate to his intelligence and age, until he realizes that he must study because it is the will of God." ~~ Isaac b. Eliakim
"Teach your children letters, that they may have understanding all their life, reading unceasingly the law of God." ~~ Apocrypha: Patriarchs, Levi
"The critic must be like a grinding-stone: to grind and not to cut. " ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"A man is led the way he wishes to follow." ~~ Talmud, Makkoth 10b
"Study is worth as much as ritual sacrifice." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Menahot 110a
"Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning." ~~ Midrash Eliyahu R.
"No master is jealous of his pupil." ~~ Psikta Zotarti
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
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