This quote by W. S. Merwin speaks to the idea that knowledge and knowledge can be discovered in silence. It recommends that the only instructor that stays is the one that can be found in the stillness of the mind. It suggests that the only method to genuinely discover and understand is to be quiet and listen to the inner guide. It is a tip that the answers to life's concerns can be discovered within ourselves, if we are willing to take the time to be still and listen. It is a call to action to make the effort to be silent and review the world around us, and to find the responses that we look for. It is a reminder that the only instructor that remains is the one that can be found in the silence.
This quote is written / told by W. S. Merwin somewhere between September 30, 1927 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA.
The author also have 2 other quotes.
"I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats"
"I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers"
"We need to redefine the role of the teacher from that of the transmitter of knowledge to that of a researcher, co-learner, and partner in the process of constructing knowledge"
"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit"
