It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
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It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
Poor body, time and the long years were the first tailors to teach you the merciless use of clothes. Though some scold today because you are too much seen, to my mind, you are not seen fully enough or often enough when you are beautiful.
When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... It's a positive way to keep their spirit alive in the world, by keeping it alive in yourself.
Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than nineteen years of dealing with him across the desk.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.
A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.
I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.
Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness, and respect for authority are the price each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature may differ most profoundly.
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him.
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.
Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. ... Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.
People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other to produce a better America.
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