A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I tell my son Corey that the greatest teacher is the teacher who says, 'Don't follow me; follow yourself. Because within you there is that kingdom, that life, that force.'
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.
There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.
To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth.
A teacher is a person who never says anything once.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.