Mortimer Adler Quotes

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

A teacher is better than two books.

Teaching is the perpetual end and office of all things. Teaching, instruction is the main design that shines through the sky and earth.

The boy's got a lot to learn and I've got a lot to teach.

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

Teachers are important in this world.

Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift.

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.

I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

Men learn while they teach.

To teach is part of the very fabric of learning.

To teach is to learn twice.

A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

Great teachers transcend ideology.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.