Quotes of Gilbert Highet - somelinesforyou

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. From each of them goes out its own voice... and just as the touch of a button on our set will fill the room with music, so by taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A good teacher is a determined person. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A good teacher is a determined person. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ Teaching is an art, not a science, principally because it involves human beings, their emotions and their values. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ With luck and resolution and good guidance… the human mind can survive not only poverty, but even wealth. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ A good teacher is a determined person. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ”

- Gilbert Highet

“ These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ”

- Gilbert Highet
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