The consequences of a plethora of half-digested theoretical knowledge are deplorable.
Alfred North WhiteheadWe must produce a great age, or see the collapse of the upward striving of our race.
Alfred North WhiteheadWith the sense of sight, the idea communicates the emotion, whereas, with sound, the emotion communicates the idea, which is more direct and therefore more powerful.
Alfred North WhiteheadI am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has got to know in precise fashion. He will then cease from half-hearted attempts to worry his pupils with memorizing a lot of irrelevant stuff of inferior importance.
Alfred North Whitehead