“Is it important to have an enlightened teacher? No. Yes. If you are an absolute beginner, it really doesn't matter that much, to tell you the truth.” IfsImportantMatterTeacherAbsolutesEnlightenedBeginners Author:Frederick Lenz
“I know some teachers say that you shouldn't display the psychic powers and other powers referred to as the siddhas, but as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't really matter. There are no absolute rights or wrongs in spiritual practice” KnowsMatterSpiritualPracticeTeacherRightsBuddhismConcernedAbsolutesDisplayPsychicsRamaSpiritual Practice Author:Frederick Lenz
“In the banking concept of education, knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing... The teacher presents himself to his students as their necessary opposite; by considering their ignorance absolute, he justifies his own existence.” KnowsExistenceTeacherStudentsIgnoranceConceptsOppositesAbsolutesJustifyConsideringSelf KnowledgeBankingKnowledgeable Book:Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition Source: Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition
“Although Christ, in my mind is an absolute Yogi, I think many Christian teachers today are misrepresenting Christ.” ThinkingMindTodayChristianChristTeacherAbsolutesYogiChristian Teachers Author:George Harrison
“Our teachers were absolute tyrants. They had no sympathy with youth; their one object was to stuff our brains and turn us into erudite apes like themselves. If any pupil showed the slightest trace of originality, they persecuted him relentlessly, and the only model pupils whom I have ever got to know have all been failures in after-life.” IfsKnowsTurnsStuffBrainTeacherObjectsYouthModelsAbsolutesTyrantsOriginalityApesPupilsPersecutedEruditeNo Sympathy Book:Secret Conversations, 1941-1944 Source: Secret Conversations, 1941-1944