Author: Anne Sullivan

Quotes

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.

- Anne Sullivan

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.

- Anne Sullivan

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.

- Anne Sullivan

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

- Anne Sullivan

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

- Anne Sullivan

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

- Anne Sullivan

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!

- Anne Sullivan

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

- Anne Sullivan

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

- Anne Sullivan

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