“Wise thoughts of the founder to ponder”

To touch the hearts of your pupils and to inspire them with the Christian spirit is the
greatest miracle you can perform, and one which God expects of you."

La Salle believed that through education, a student would become not just educated,
but a better human. More specifically, in de la Salle’s opinion, knowledge allowed
students to become better Christians (La Salle J., 1720, p. 37).
In Duties of a Christian, La Salle writes that there are only two duties of a Christian &
-- knowing God and loving God (La Salle, 1703, p. 11)

In fact, de La Salle charges teachers with the responsibility “to inspire them
[students] with the Christian spirit” and calls this “the greatest miracle one can
perform.”