"He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher." ― Walt Whitman Topic(s): Teacher More From Walt Whitman "There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius." "And your very flesh shall be a great poem." "Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy." More In Teacher "As a teacher at Princeton, I’m surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don’t really think of it as work – writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise."― Joyce Carol Oates "I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell – but then I can never bring myself to sell them."― Trey Parker "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."― Henry Adams