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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."

"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."

"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."

"I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California."

"I will teach my son, that his desire to be great doesn't depend on those unfortunate enough to ignore their own."

"I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it."

"Teaching is the best way to learn. Never stop learning."
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