"Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching." ― Baltasar Gracian Topic(s): Teacher More From Baltasar Gracian "Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit." "Never have a companion that casts you in the shade." "The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause." More In Teacher "There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies."― Robert Frost "Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I’ve succeeded, if I’m doing something that makes me happy and I’m not lying to anybody. I’m not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself."― Kristen Stewart "Education is a precondition to survival in America today."― Marian Wright Edelman