Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. -Diogenes

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Gentlemen ... Do you not see that so long as society says a woman is incompetent to be a lawyer, minister or doctor, but has ample ability to be a teacher, that every man of you who chooses this profession tacitly acknowledges that he has no more brains than a woman?

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I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough. -Diogenes

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When you live in a poor neighborhood, you are living in an area where you have poor schools. When you have poor schools, you have poor teachers. When you have poor teachers, you get a poor education. When you get a poor education, you can only work in a poor-paying job. And that poor-paying job enables you to live again in a poor neighborhood. So, it's a very vicious cycle. ― Malcolm X

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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth. -Diogenes

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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

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The great thieves lead away the little thief. -Diogenes

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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. -Diogenes

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Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.

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I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give. -Diogenes

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