When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.
Robertson DaviesThe quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.
Robertson DaviesAlthough I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count upward indefinitely if he is fool enough to do so.
Robertson DaviesTo instruct calls for energy, and to remain almost silent, but watchful and helpful, while students instruct themselves, calls for even greater energy. To see someone fall (which will teach him not to fall again) when a word from you would keep him on his feet but ignorant of an important danger, is one of the tasks of the teacher that calls for special energy, because holding in is more demanding than crying out.
Robertson Davies