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"Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion."
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"The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the favor and pretend that they were writers."
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"We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher."
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"The Seeking of the Master. Musa Najib was asked why he charged a fee from those who came to his sessions; and why he often did not even address his audience. He said: 'I charge for this object lesson: people believe that knowledge must be given freely, and consequently mistake everything which is free for knowledge. I do not always lecture because, among Sufis, "The Master finds the pupil. The pupil has to be physically present: but he may be absent in every other sense. When I discern that a pupil is "present then I "find him, for then his inner call is audible to me, even if it is silent to him.' 'Seek and you will be found."
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"Right now, just speak gently your words of wisdom to the youngsters.Sooner or later, those words will arrive at the right place in their hearts."
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"Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise."
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"I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California."
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"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."
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"I will teach my son, that his desire to be great doesn't depend on those unfortunate enough to ignore their own."
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"Teach a child to love his world deeply so that he may find the beauty and joy of life."
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"I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it."
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"You cannot change reality by ignoring it."
Reality


"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."
Communication


"The heart of the wise person is a mirror to the world."
Wisdom


"You are not responsible for the actions of others, only for your own."
Life


"No one is without fault. We can only aim to improve."
Growth


"If you are not aware, you will not be aware of your lack of awareness."
Mind


"The quest for knowledge is a process of self-awareness."
Growth


"It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true."
Experience


"The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it."
Generosity


"Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display."
Spiritual
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