“Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight in their life. It's a period of time where you often develop your own way, your own sound, your own identity, and that happened with me, when I was with a great teacher - Miles Davis.” PeopleWaySoundTeacherHappenedIdentityPeriodsTwentiesMilesGreat TimesGreat TeacherHighlightsBack In The Day Author:Herbie Hancock
“The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.” ChildrenHardFacesLeftParentBlackCommunityChurchStruggleTeacherGenerationsIdentityMaterialsHard WorkDisciplineCapacityAdversitySticksLegacyPricelessMy GenerationFacing AdversityCultural Identity Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“I don't think that children, if left to themselves, feel that there is an author behind a book, a somebody who wrote it. Grown-ups have fostered this quotient of identity, particularly teachers. Write a letter to your favorite author and so forth. When I was a child I never realized that there were authors behind books. Books were there as living things, with identities of their own.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingChildrenBookLeftBehindsTeacherIdentityLettersLiving ThingsYour Favorite Author:P. L. Travers
“Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function. I'm a spiritual teacher when somebody comes to me and some teaching happens, but the moment they leave I'm no longer a spiritual teacher. If I carry the identity of spiritual teacher, it will cause suffering.” IfsMomentsHappensSpiritualSufferingCausesPracticeTeacherTeachingIdentityFunctionTemporaryHindranceSpiritual Teachers Author:Eckhart Tolle
“When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest joy is to benobody, to relinquish the function of a teacher. It's a temporary function.” PeopleMomentsSpiritualJoyTeacherIdentityFunctionTemporarySpiritual Teachers Author:Eckhart Tolle
“"Spiritual teacher" of course is not an identity. "Spiritual teacher" is a function. Somebody comes, the teaching happens. Somebody leaves, there's no spiritual teacher left.” HappensSpiritualCoursesLeftTeacherTeachingIdentityFunctionSpiritual Teachers Author:Eckhart Tolle
“If I thought it was my identity to be a spiritual teacher, that would be a delusion. It's not an identity. It's simply a function in this world.” IfsWorldWould BeSpiritualTeacherIdentityThis WorldFunctionDelusionSpiritual Teachers Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Time and again, researchers have shown that students' capabilities are powerfully impacted by the identities they develop for themselves as the result of teachers' belief in their level of intelligence.” BeliefLevelsResultsTeacherIdentityStudentsCapabilityResearchers Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“The better teachers recognize that by freeing yourself of the rigid ego identity habit, you actually strengthen the resilient, flexible, creative ego, and you then can be more effective in helping others, and creative in whatever work you do.” HelpingCreativeTeacherIdentityHabitEgoHelping OthersFlexibleResilientWhatever Works Author:Robert Thurman