Today while I was browsing through few books of Paulo coelho one of the online book caught my attention. I'ts named "STORIES FOR PARENTS, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN" . It's is a collection of short stories and every story has a moral to learn by the end of it. In one of the stories confucius was explaining to his descpiles about being a good teacher and a good student.
here is the direct extract from the book
"who is a good teacher?'
'Someone who questions everything he teaches. Old ideas cannot enslave a man,because they change and take on new forms. So let us use the philosophical riches of the past,but without forgetting the challenges that the present world sets before us.'
'And who is a good student?'
'Someone who listens to what I say, but adapts my teachings to his life and never follows them blindly. Someone who looks not just for employment, but for a job that brings him dignity. Someone who does not seek to be noticed, but to do something notable."
'Someone who questions everything he teaches. Old ideas cannot enslave a man,because they change and take on new forms. So let us use the philosophical riches of the past,but without forgetting the challenges that the present world sets before us.'
'And who is a good student?'
'Someone who listens to what I say, but adapts my teachings to his life and never follows them blindly. Someone who looks not just for employment, but for a job that brings him dignity. Someone who does not seek to be noticed, but to do something notable."
Is'nt it thoughtful ?
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