“An ordinary teacher instructs and leaves his disciple, but a great teacher strives to make his disciple see reason by pushing him to his limits.”
Junglezen Sheru ( Page 140 )
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One of the most controversial statements Lennon ever made, this was published in England's Evening Standard newspaper (4 March 1966) as part of an interview with writer Maureen Cleave.
Context: Christianity will go.. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
“Jesus was a great worker, and His disciples must not be afraid of hard work.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 128.
"The Effect of Government on Economic Efficiency." 1988
“Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.”
Source: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 62.
Context: Oh, wonderful teacher! Oh, favored disciples! Oh, famous school — that built no marble halls, and collected no grand library, but turned all life into opportunity; made houses and streets and seaside and mountain-tops, places of discipline and recitation and delight! Oh, blest example — shining this day on the pages of history — our example, our dream, our desire!
The Teacher's Practical Philosophy (1911), page 18
“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.”