Author: William Glasser

Quotes

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.

- William Glasser

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

- William Glasser

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

- William Glasser

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

- William Glasser

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

- William Glasser

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

- William Glasser

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.

- William Glasser

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

- William Glasser

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

- William Glasser

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