“People who are enlightened in previous lifetimes have a certain degree of difficulty in regaining their enlightenment. Sometimes it comes in childhood. Sometimes it takes many years to reintegrate the personality structure that they gained when they first entered into this world.” PeopleWorldYearsFirstsSometimesCertainTeacherChildhoodThis WorldPersonalityDegreesEnlightenmentDifficultyStructureLifetimeEnlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.” ThinkingGivingTeacherPersonalitySelfless Author:Chris Parnell
“The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.” MindFirstsRealSpiritTeacherFourTeachingPersonalityPurePerceptionEssenceThirdsBuddhistRelyInterpretationFourthSuperficialRelianceJudgmentalReal Wisdom Author:Gautama Buddha
“We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.” PeopleTodayTeacherOur LivesInfluenceMinutesMediaPersonalityHeroShapesFameGood TeacherSportsmanSupermodel Author:Jonathan Sacks
“A great teacher is not simply one who imparts knowledge to his students, but one who awakens their interest in it and makes them eager to pursue it for themselves. He is a spark plug, not a fuel pipe. The reason colleges exist is to bring students into contact with contagious personalities, for otherwise they might as well be correspondance schools.” WellsReasonMightSchoolInterestTeacherStudentsCollegePersonalityContactPursueFuelSparksPipeContagiousGreat TeacherImpartPlugs Author:Edmund Ware Sinnott
“Part of an actor's job is to actually adopt the world-view of the character she is playing and to tell the story from that vantage point. If an actor represses large aspects of their personality, they will have a severely limited range and castability. Great actors cultivate effortless access to their subpersonalities. Many acting teachers call this 'freeing your instrument.'” IfsWorldCharacterStoriesJobsActorsViewsActingTeacherPersonalityAspectInstrumentsAccessRangeGreat ActorsEffortlessWorld ViewVantage PointActing Teachers Author:Jack Lemmon
“With recidivism algorithms, for example, I worry about racist outcomes. With personality tests [for hiring], I worry about filtering out people with mental health problems from jobs. And with a teacher value-added model algorithm [used in New York City to score teachers], I worry literally that it's not meaningful. That it's almost a random number generator.” PeopleProblemJobsUsedValuesNumbersCitiesWorryTeacherNew YorkExamplePersonalityModelsTestsMental HealthMeaningfulOutcomesScoreRacistNew York CityHiringAlgorithmsHealth ProblemsGeneratorRecidivism Author:Cathy O'Neil
“What is of great importance is that everyone should concern himself with what I am saying, rather than with the personality of the Teacher, the body of the Teacher, where He dwells, and so on. That will lead to confusion.” ShouldBodyTeacherPersonalityConcernImportanceConfusion Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“I have an addictive personality myself and one of the things I've learned is, you're always in recovery. Part of my healing process is being a mentor and teacher and helping people. Yet, at the same time, I have to be very careful about my own addictions.” PeopleHelpingHealingTeacherPersonalityAddictionCarefulRecoveryMentorHelping People Author:Susan Shapiro
“To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.” EndsSchoolTeacherPersonalityAssets Author:John Strachan
“The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy-angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.” IfsKnowsMenWayMightStrongCompanyDarknessTeacherTeachingPersonalityHolyCallingAngleFlocksStrong Personality Author:Jeannette Walls