Then said a teacher, "Speak to us of Teaching." And he said:

No man can reveal to you aught but that which
already lies half asleep
in the dawning of our knowledge.

The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid
you enter the house of wisdom,
but rather leads you to the
threshold of your own mind. 
The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space,
but he cannot give you his understanding.

The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm nor the voice that echoes it. And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither.

For the vision of one man lends
not its wings to another man.

And even as each one of you stands alone in God's knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his
understanding of the earth.

...Kahlil Gibran

"Whatever the mind can
CONCEIVE
and
BELIEVE
it can
ACHIEVE"

...Napoleon Hill

A master can tell you
what he expects of you.
A teacher, though,
awakens your own expectations.
...Patricia Neal

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory,
the fourth practice,
the fifth teaching others.
...Solomon Ibn Gabriol

Then a woman said,
"Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."

And he answered:

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was
oftentimes filled with your tears.

And how else can it be?

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that hold your wine the very cup that was burned
in the potter's oven?

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood
that was hollowed with knives?

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see
that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.

Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say,
"Nay, sorrow is the greater."

But I say unto you,
they are inseparable.

Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is
asleep upon your bed.

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.

Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced. When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.

...Kahlil Gibran

When the treasure-keeper lifts you to

"I could be handy, mending a fuse, when your lights have gone. You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings, go for a ride. Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty four?"

J. Lennon / P. McCartney

"Raven"

And as the raven flies she feels unwelcome ... She's fallen out of her tree and caught on a limb of silver lining ... Her wings uncertain oh but she's still flying ... Yeah little Raven I see you there ... Hold your head up now ... I won't try and pull your feathers out I promise ... Go on dry your eyes ... You know that I've forgiven you and I'm sorry ... And  everything till now  ... It wasn't that bad really ... Beautiful lady

Lisa Marie Presley

The guys come to race her from miles around But she'll give 'em a length then she'll shut 'em down
And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's a terror out on Colorado Boulevard ... It's the little old lady from Pasadena

Beach Boys

Life is Grand....