My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the read more

My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the other.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con read more

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.
[Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure read more

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of read more

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn... and change.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.