Quotes about Teaching

Laughter is no enemy to learning.

In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.

You won't learn if you think you already know everything.

In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?

What is Scripture? The Hebrew word is torah. Torah means teaching, learning.

The Bible. Know it in your head. Stow it in your heart. Show it in your life. Sow it in the world.

Instead of telling them God has a wonderful plan for their life - tell them who God is.

All true histories contain instruction.

For even sheep do not vomit up their grass and show to the shepherds how much they have eaten; but when they have internally digested the pasture, they produce externally wool and milk. Do you also show not your theorems to the uninstructed, but show the acts which come from their digestion.

Preaching a series allows you to go into greater depth in the text, and spending several weeks on one theme allows the teaching to be absorbed more thoroughly.