“Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners and the love of bringing the first two together.” —Scott Hayden

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” —Mark Van Doren

“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul.” —Muriel Spark

“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.” —Alice Wellington Rollins

“Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more.” —Loris Malaguzzi

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher … is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’” —Maria Montessori

“No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.” —Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

“Teachers, you don’t teach a subject. You teach a child.” —Deepa Bhushan