41 Quotes by Bel Kaufman


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    Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one.

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    Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on tragedy. You can’t laugh and be angry, you can’t laugh and feel sad, you can’t laugh and feel envious.

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    Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It’s the skim milk that needs good teachers.

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    I’ll never retire as long as I live – that’s like retiring from life! I’ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If you’re in good health, living is exciting on its own.

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    Education can’t make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

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    And that’s it; that’s why I want to teach; that’s the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.

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    Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

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