Lauren Vavra Darien:
"The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers rather than to fill it with the accumulation of others." -- Tyron Edwards

Lauren Vavra Darien:
"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron." -- Horace Mann

Lauren Vavra Darien
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence." -- Helen Keller

 Lauren Vavra Darien:
\"Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers." -- Richard Bach

 Lauren Vavra Darien:
"Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three." --Confucius

 Lauren Vavra Darien:
 "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming." -- Goethe