“By teaching others you will learn yourself.”
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
Aphorisms
Source: The Yellow Book, 1974, p.55
“By teaching others you will learn yourself.”
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
Aphorisms
Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950–2005) American Hindu writer
Source: Books, Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (Hari-Nama Press, 1996), Chapter 1: Dreams: A State of Reality, p. 26
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
Phil Collins (1951) English musician, songwriter and actor
“Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.”
Tryon Edwards (1809–1894) American theologian
Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 562.
“Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.”
Dodie Smith book I Capture the Castle
Source: I Capture the Castle
“Honey,” Jammer said, “you'll learn. Some things you teach yourself to remember to forget.”
William Gibson book Count Zero
Spoken to Jackie, Ch. 28
Count Zero (1986)
Richard Hamming (1915–1998) American mathematician and information theorist
Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)
Robert Kraft (astronomer) (1927–2015) American astronomer
Interview of Robert Kraft by Patrick McCray on August 1-2, 2002 http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/25490.html, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics.