“Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.” SelfOpportunityRoomsCasesTeacherDangerHumourLaughterConsequencePrejudiceDefeatDelusionScholarExposureScornDisgraceGood TeacherCapriceSelf DelusionTime Away Book:On the Pleasure of Hating Source: On the Pleasure of Hating
“Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.” YearsGivenGreaterTeacherFieldsHumilityFortyScholarYears Of ExperienceGreat Confidence Book:Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. Source: Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.
“I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher.” BookCoursesWalksTeacherQuietScholarSolitaryRamaMeditatingAloofQuiet LifeWalks In Nature Author:Frederick Lenz
“Not just part of us becomes a teacher. It engages the whole self - the woman or man, wife or husband, mother or father, the lover, scholar or artist in you as well as the teacher earning money.” MenWellsSelfWholeMotherArtistFatherTeacherWifeTeachingLoversHusbandScholarEarningEarning Money Book:Myself Source: Myself
“My writing of fiction comes under a very general heading of those teachers, critics, scholars who like to try their own hand once or twice in their lives.” WritingTryingHandsFictionTeacherCriticsScholarHeadings Author:George Steiner
“Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.” EndsAgeAbleWantedSpeakGivenCareersTeacherScholarI Am Pretty Author:George Steiner
“There are great scholars and wonderful teachers all over the world. Many of them humbly and effectively teach truth, but others do not. God gives us the gift of the Holy Ghost so we can discern what is true and what is not, and He expects us to seek truth wherever we can find it. Temple truths are a marvelous measuring rod by which we can measure everything else.” WorldGivingTeachTeacherWonderfulHolyGhostTemplesScholarMarvelousHoly GhostMeasuringWonderful Teacher Author:John H. Groberg
“Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most beloved Buddhist teachers in the West, a rare combination of mystic, poet, scholar, and activist. His luminous presence and the simple, compassionate clarity of his writings have touched countless lives.” WritingSimpleTeacherPoetMastersWestClarityBuddhistCombinationBelovedTouchedActivistCompassionateScholarMysticLuminousVietnameseZen MasterThich Nhat Hanh Author:Joanna Macy