Those Who Can Do....
As George Bernard Shaw famously said, "those who can, do, those who can't, teach." I'm not sure I agree, since teaching has always been an important part of my life, but there's an element of truth to it. Those of us who like to think of ourselves as creative, are the first to forget it's a lot easier to criticize than it is to take criticism. It's also more convenient to teach than to educate. You teach people to think like you do; you educate them to think for themselves.
posted by John M Crowther @ 9:50 PM
1 Comments:
Very good point, John. I don't know why I'm so much into religious analogies right now, (maybe the holy wars raging now) but that's why I the point you make is why I think Sidartha Gautama comes across as a true teacher in my mind, he suggested we shouldn't trust his words, but "find our own light." Such tolerance and undestanding of different people's beliefs is often sadly lacking in other religions.
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