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Tomorrow they go, and as they go
these words rest upon my conscience.
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The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among
his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith
and his lovingness.
If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his
wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.
The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of
space, but he cannot give you his understanding.
The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all
space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the
rhythm, nor the voice that echoes it.
And he who is versed in science and numbers can tell of
the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you
thither.
For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.
on teaching
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
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