Quotes by Teaching My colleague Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, erroneously suggested that I support the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution. That simply is not true. ... Unlike biological evolution, intelligent design is not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has no place in the curriculum of our nation's public school science classes. Edward Kennedy intelligentteachingschool Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river. Eckhart Tolle teachingriversneeds It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them. Edward Sapir fruitteachingsecret We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. That is the teaching of Jesus Christ Edward McKendree Bounds teachingprayerjesus Personally, I don't teach practices as such. The power of the teaching is sufficient without needing to go for any practice. Eckhart Tolle teachteachingpractice The drive to learn is as strong as the sexual drive. It begins earlier and lasts longer Edward T. Hall learningstrongteaching A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences. Edward Tufte hands-on-experienceteachinghands 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. Eckhart Tolle teachingspiritualteacher I feel that I need to return to the pure stillness periodically. And then, when the teaching happens, just allow it to arise out of the stillness. So the teaching and stillness are very closely connected. The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place. Eckhart Tolle favorite-placesteachingneeds A teacher or teaching is not essential for spiritual awakening, but they save time. Eckhart Tolle teachingspiritualteacher In the world of form, everything changes and evolves. So, there was a certain evolution of the teaching. Different pointers came in, different stories, different approaches to the truth, which always is the same. Eckhart Tolle teachingstoriesworld The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place. Eckhart Tolle favorite-placesmy-favoriteteaching I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather. Eilean Ni Chuilleanain teachingteacherretirement In visiting teaching we reach out to each other. Hands often speak as voices can’t. A warm embrace conveys volumes. A laugh together unites us. A moment of sharing refreshes our souls. We cannot always lift the burden of one who is troubled, but we can lift her so she can bear it well. Elaine L. Jack voiceteachinghands What I like best about teaching is that it allows me to explore my own interest with a group. Elaine Equi interestteaching Have you taught a Sunday School class and felt when you finished that you had really taught someone some principle of the gospel that had really helped him or given him a brighter look on life? Remember the feeling of peace and joy that followed? Have you ever taught someone the gospel and received that feeling of joy because he had accepted what you had been teaching? The thrill of missionary work! Eldred G. Smith sundayteachingschool People always form images of who others are, and they can be inflated images. People may not realize that the enormous energy and spiritual power that comes through a teacher, especially in a teaching situation, has nothing to do with that person. Eckhart Tolle teachingspiritualteacher Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with which many people identify as "me." Life cracks open that shell, and once that crack is there, then we are reached more easily by spiritual teaching. Eckhart Tolle teachingspiritualpeople "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. Eckhart Tolle teachingspiritualteacher Every spiritual teaching points to the possibility of the end of suffering - Now. It is true that most teachers have had to go through the "Dark Night of the Soul," although for one or two it was very, very quick. Eckhart Tolle teachingspiritualteacher«4243444546474849505152»
