"Teacher" in Quotes

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“A Teacher is the image of Brahma” -- Manu

“The teacher is a Brahma, the creator, he is God Vishnu, he is God Maheshwar.  He is entire universe, salutations to him.”  -- Indian Prayer

“The true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student, transfer his soul to the student’s soul and see through and understand through his mind.  Such a teacher can really teach and none else” -- Swami Vivekanand

“The teacher’s place in society is of vital importance.  He acts as the pivot for the transmission of intellectual traditions and technical skills from generation to generation and helps to keep the lamp of civilization burning” -- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

“A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself.  A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame.  The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living trafic with his knowledge, but merely repeats his lessons to his students can only load their minds.  He can not quicken them” -- Tagore

“Every teacher and educationist of experience knows that even the best curriculum and the most perfect syllabus remains dead unless quickened in to life by the right method of teaching and the right kind of teachers.” -- Secondary Education Commission

“The Teacher is the real maker of history.” -- H.G. Wells

“The teacher is the maker of man.” -- Sir John Adams