Joseph Hall Quotes

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.

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

Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.

I like to give people information; that's to a fault.

Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.

Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on one end and I on the other, and you may have all the buildings, apparatus and libraries without him.

One seldom hears or sees a quarrel among them. Even strangers trust each other more than acquaintances in Europe. People are far more sincere and generous than in Germany

A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

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.

There are things about my mum that I only realised later, things that make me admire her.

I feel really privileged to have gracious and merciless people with a lot of perspective and patience in my life.

I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge.

Life is all about sharing. If we are good at something, pass it on. That is the pleasure I get from teaching - whether it is television or books. We should all share.

When I look back on my own experiences with Mean Gene, I always remember such a kind man willing to offer insight with his vast knowledge on the industry.

I always believe that you have to give back what you have learnt.

I respect teachers and professors.

I care about people, and I've learned in life that the only thing we are here for is to learn and teach.

It's the best gift any teacher could possibly get, to go back to where you came from and offer knowledge and camaraderie.