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Anne Sullivan Macy quotes

American Educator April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936

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The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice. Anne Sullivan Macy
It's queer how ready people always are with advice in any real or imaginary emergency, and no matter how many times experience has shown them to be wrong, they continue to set forth their opinions, as if they had received them from the Almighty! Anne Sullivan Macy
Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk with self-repression, and they will write because they cannot help it. Anne Sullivan Macy
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is..."
Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools -..."
The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need. Anne Sullivan Macy
If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think..."
A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first..."
It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine. Anne Sullivan Macy
No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of..."
Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace..."
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can..."
We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge enters the..."
Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge enters the mind of the child. Anne Sullivan Macy
Anne Sullivan Macy quote: "Yes, I am proud, and very humble too."
Yes, I am proud, and very humble too. Anne Sullivan Macy

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