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 his 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 of which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm nor the voice that echoes it;
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.
From 'The Prohpet' by Kahlil Gibran.
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So true. That is why religion-wise, I was attracted to Buddhism because Buddha did not propagate blind faith, but rather, encouraged us to analyze with common sense/wisdom, even his teachings.
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