Out of Context: On Teaching (Definitions)

"Teaching is just pointing out what you cannot see without help." (Issai Chozan, "The Mysterious Skills of the Old Cat" ["Neko No Myoujutsu"], 1727)

"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." (Jacques Barzun, "Teacher in America", 1945)

"Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn." (Martin Heidegger, "What is called thinking?", 1968)

"Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers." (Richard Bach, "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah", 1977)

"Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process." (A Bartlett Giamatti, "The University and the Public Interest", 1981)

"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself." (Paulo Coelho, "The Pilgrimage", 1987)

"Teaching is mostly listening, and learning is mostly telling." (Deborah Meier, "The Power of Their Ideas", 1995)

"Teaching is not about how we see things, it is about how children see things." (Kavita B Ghosh)

"Teaching is not about information. It's about having an honest intellectual relationship with your students." (Paul Lockhart)