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  • A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge but merely repeats his lesson to his students, can only load their minds, he cannot quicken them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Rabindranath Tagore Quotes , Teacher Quotes , Teaching Quotes
  • there was no crime in unconscious plagiarism; that I committed it everyday, that he committed it everyday, that every man alive on earth who writes or speaks commits it every day and not merely once or twice but every time he open his mouth… there is nothing of our own in it except some slight change born of our temperament, character, environment, teachings and associations
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Teaching Quotes , Writing Quotes
  • Many people think that it is the function of a spiritual teaching to provide answers to life's biggest questions, but actually, the opposite is true. The primary task of any good spiritual teaching is not to answer your questions, but to question your answers.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adyashanti Quotes , Spiritual Quotes , Teaching Quotes
  • Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne. Americans do not need to drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes, I think, need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Teaching Quotes , Wine Quotes