Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.
When teaching, light a fire, don't fill a bucket.
When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease in ours. He is awkward, and out of place in the society of his equals. He comes like Gulliver from among his little people, and he cannot fit the stature of his understanding to yours.
Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.
You can't teach a hunter it's wrong to kill.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
You teach best what you most need to learn.
Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it to you. You don't create a Master Teacher — that's already been done. You discover your Master Teacher.
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