Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of all, the truth, that dangerous stuff, became beautiful and very precious.
John SteinbeckWe have not known a single great scientist who could not discourse freely and interestingly with a child. Can it be that haters of clarity have nothing to say, have observed nothing, have no clear picture of even their own fields?
John SteinbeckBut the Hebrew word, the word timshelโโThou mayestโโ that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if โThou mayestโโit is also true that โThou mayest not.
John Steinbeck