“It's the student who makes the teacher, not the other way around.”

“Teachers should prepare the student for the student's future, not for the teacher's past.”

“The ideal teacher student relationship exists when the student is better than the teacher.”

“Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.”

“To make teachers more reflective, a series of self-assessment sessions have to be conducted, beginning with an analysis of the learners, or the students. Teachers have to be trained or retrained on how to make their teaching more effective and successful.”

“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.”

“I have nothing to teach you that will help you to make a living. [as art teacher, advising his students]”

“The real heroes are scientists who are protecting humans from deadly bacteria and viruses, astronomers and planetary defense teams who are watching the sky for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), police and firefighters who risk their lives to protect people, teachers who toil to educate their students, parents who make sacrifices for their children, and volunteers who devote their time and energy to serve others.”

“As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.”

“In order to be a teacher you've got to be a student first”