There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth. – Paul Twitchell
To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher. – John Strachan
What is it in you that brings you to a spiritual teacher in the first place? It’s not the spirit in you, since that is already enlightened, and has no need to seek. No, it is the ego in you that brings you to a teacher. – Ken Wilber
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner. – Elbert Hubbard
Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. – Stevie Wonder
I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me in class – I was blushing and sweating every time the teacher asked me something. – Eva Green
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary. – Warren G. Bennis
I have always believed that 98% of a student’s progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher. – John Philip Sousa
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth”. – Dan Rather
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. – Hector Berlioz