Elder Paul H. Dunn, Part Six: Elbert Hubbard and Finding Ourselves with the Help of a Teacher

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For the next quote, Elder Paul H. Dunn in his talk, "What is a Teacher?", he moves on to the idea of teacher as guide instead of teacher as a filler of knowledge:

 

The Quote 

"Elbert Hubbard said, 

“You can’t teach anybody anything. 

You can only help him find himself.”

 

Elbert Hubbard may have said this or something similar, but the idea seems to go back to Gallileo and the Renaissance. Hard to tell.

I did find a somewhat similar quote of his, from a biography of his:

 

"It is a great thing to teach. 

I am never more complimented than when someone addresses me as "teacher".

To give yourself in a way that will inspire others to think, to do, to become—

what nobler ambition! 

To be a good teacher demands a high degree of altruism, 

for one must be willing to sink self, to die—as it were—

that others may live. 

There is something in it very much akin to motherhood—a brooding quality."

 

So that's something similar which truly came from him.

He seemed a very colorful personality - anyone who could write a book called Jesus Was an Anarchist, you know he's got interesting things to say. 

I couldn't say whether or not Jesus counts himself as an anarchist, but I do know He is the Master Teacher, and He has truly helps lead me back to myself when the world pulls me away.