Anne Sullivan Macy – 6 Quotes

6 Quotes by Anne Sullivan Macy

Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.

– 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

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

– Anne Sullivan Macy

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

– Anne Sullivan Macy

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.

– Anne Sullivan Macy

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.

– Anne Sullivan Macy