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"There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher."
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"Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage."
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"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore."
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"Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion."
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"We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect."
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"Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second."
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"Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence."
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"Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty."
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"My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers."
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"There is no other teacher but your own soul."
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"There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive."
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"The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers."
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"One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student exasperated. "I am awake," Buddha replied."
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"A teacher cannot give you the truth The truth is already in you You only need to open yourself – body, mind and heart- so that his or her teachings will penetrate your own seeds of understanding and enlightenment If you let the words enter you, the soil and the seeds will do the rest of the work"
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"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth."
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"You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill."
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"Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it."
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"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance..."
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"Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball."
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