top of page

"Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Teaching quotes

"A healthy and ideal system of education would be where a teacher would patiently impart knowledge, instead of curriculum, upon the students, only after assessing their acceptability " where a student would acquire knowledge in order to learn, not to earn " where the parents would be willing to make necessary sacrifices in order to adorn their child with curiosity and thereafter nourish that curiosity, regardless of how absurdly impractical it becomes to the eyes of the society."

"Counsels of BahaudinYou want to be filled. But something which is full has first to be emptied. Empty yourself so that you will fill properly, by observing these counsels, which you can do as duties to yourself:FirstNever follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."

"From today onward, you will learn how to become evangelical about the many ways you help people."

"Our goal as believers is to teach people to observe the principles of God."

"The best teacher is very interactive."

"Teach a child not to seek help but to seek the opportunity to help others."
Explore more quotes by Idries Shah


"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."


"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."


"When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it."
bottom of page