You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
Galileo Galilei
2007-09-24 09:08:28 · 15 answers · asked by Kaliko 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In my opinion this quote is very truthful, you can't ever teach a man anything, but you can help give him the tools so that he can learn for himself.
It is not our duty to "change" them, it is their duty to change themselves.
2007-09-24 13:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A self-contradictory statement if ever there was one! What does it involve to "help" someone find it (or anything) if it does not involve education. Education is all about teaching someone something that they don't know already. Helping a man find something within himself is man's philosophy - not God's. Thank God the Bible through the Holy Spirit teaches not to look within ourselves for the answer to life's questions but to look to Christ. Because to look within ourselves is to find evil and corruption continually but to look up to Christ is to look at Life and Hope.
2007-09-25 00:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by jael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chimes with the teachings of Jesus, Krisha and others. Another saying is: You can lead a horse to water, but it must choose to drink for itself.
Human soul is like a seed, it must be nourished to make it grow and become a tree for all the birds to take shelter in. The human soul is also like marble. It must be chizzled away to reveal the true image. Remove its ignorance, and the soul has access to everything.
3. Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the (Father's) kingdom is within you and it is outside you.
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."
70. Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you [will] kill you."
2007-09-24 09:25:16 · answer #3 · answered by Yoda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ilogical. A "man" does not start out in life with all the knowledge within himself, he must LEARN and gain it within himself first.......
2007-09-24 09:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by Theban 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't sound like anything that Galileo really believed. He was probably trying to appease one of his oppressors.
2007-09-24 09:20:25 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank goodness I was able to teach my husband at least a couple of things or we'd no longer be married.
lol
2007-09-24 09:14:05 · answer #6 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to use this philosophy in most situations,especially in a religious context.
2007-09-24 10:20:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I teach my hubby things all the time, like: how to use the washer; how to boil an egg; how to bring me cups of tea in bed, etc...
2007-09-24 09:26:33 · answer #8 · answered by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have to want to learn to be educated. Christians prove that here everyday.
2007-09-24 09:16:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can understand that from a biological perspective, but from a mathmatical perspective? I don't think so.
2007-09-24 09:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by Ghost Wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋