Christian quotations by Don Bosco: Education / Educating

"[Concerning how to speak and write about Holy Scripture when children are the audience]
Holy Scripture contains certain episodes which, revealed prematurely, may taint a child’s candor and excite his passions. A book intended for children must consider this danger and either omit or wisely cover up what could be an occasion of scandal at their tender age."

"Remember that knowledge without morals is the souls ruination."

"Another means to acquire knowledge is never to lose a moment of time. Time, my dear sons, is precious. Devote to your studies all the time you are assigned for them."

"[To the teachers]
Do not let your pupils’ behavior during recreation period affect their scholastic rating."

"[To the teachers]
Never send negligent pupils out of the classroom. Be patient with their light-mindedness."

"[To the teachers]
Always be the first to enter your classroom and the last to leave it."

"[To the teachers]
Take special care of backward pupils."

"The teacher who is seen only in the classroom and nowhere else, is a teacher and nothing more; but let him go with his boys to recreation and he becomes a brother."

"[To the teachers]
On the eve of a feast, announce it very briefly at the end of the last period and exhort them to go to Holy Communion. Great is a teacher’s influence on his pupils if they love him."

"Without confidence and love, there can be no true education."

"Frequent Communion and daily Mass are the two pillars of education."

"[I have] always tried to enlighten the mind while ennobling the heart."

"False teachings sink in easily, but it takes skill, knowledge and time to refute objections."

"If young people are educated properly, we have moral order; if not, vice and disorder prevail. Religion alone can initiate and achieve a true education."

"[When asked to explain his system in training youngsters so successfully in Christian principles, his answer was]
The Preventive System; charity! Instill the holy fear of God."

"Study to become very rich, but rich in virtue, because the greatest of all treasures is the holy fear of God."

"Remember that good confessions and good Communions are the first steps to a sound education."

"If we want to have a good society, we must concentrate all our forces on the Christian education of the young. Experience has taught me that if we wish to sustain civil society then we should take good care of the young."

"Do you want to do a good deed? Teach the young!
Do you want to perform a holy act? Teach the young!
Do you want to do a holy thing? Teach the young!
Truly, now and for the future, among holy things, this is the holiest."

"I would like to stress good health, good moral conduct and serious studies. Health is a precious gift; take good care of it. You are in school to acquire skills in order to earn a living. Regardless of your circumstances, profession and future position, you have to be able to support yourselves honestly. Never let it be said that you live by the sweat of others."

"I exhort the students to use earthly knowledge as a stepping stone to heavenly things – virtue and its practice."

"Reason and religion are the two springs of my method of education....In this educational method, religion - like a bit in a fiery steed’s mouth - thoroughly controls the youngster, while reason – like a bridle – steers his course....The secret of education is summed up in two words: religion and reason – religion, genuine and sincere, to control one’s actions; reason, to apply moral principals to one’s activities rightly."

"Learning always requires effort, the degree of which depends on one’s intelligence. Therefore, take heart and don’t give up. It is a mistake to skirt difficulties or to skip what you don’t understand and go on to something else. Tackle the obstacle until you have overcome it. To succeed in this, have recourse first of all to Jesus and Mary by a devout short prayer. Your difficulties will disappear....God alone is the source and giver of knowledge; He grants it to whomever He wishes and as He wishes."

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