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title: "6 True Teachers Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-mali/here-let-me-break-it-down-for-you-so-you-know-what-i-say-is-true/)

[Taylor Mali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-mali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/taylor-mali-16644_break_here-let-me-break-it-down-for-you-so-you_353313.png)

> [True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/true-teachers-are-those-who-use-themselves-as-bridges-over-which-they/)

[Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_bridges_true-teachers-are-those-who-use-themselv_419772.jpg)

> [The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarvepalli-radhakrishnan/the-true-teachers-are-those-who-help-us-think-for-ourselves/)

[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarvepalli-radhakrishnan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/sarvepalli-radhakrishnan-22795_education_the-true-teachers-are-those-who-help-us_660044.png)

> [True teachers use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/true-teachers-use-themselves-as-bridges-over-which-they-invite-their/)

[Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/nikos-kazantzakis-1116_bridges_true-teachers-use-themselves-as-bridges_1146931.jpg)

> [True teachers of enlightenment are hard to find. The popular ones, of course, usually aren't enlightened because how could they be? They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/true-teachers-of-enlightenment-are-hard-to-find-the-popular-ones-of/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_true-teachers-of-enlightenment-are-hard_1425858.jpg)

> [True teachers not only impart knowledge and method but awaken the love of learning by their own reflected love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-grudin/true-teachers-not-only-impart-knowledge-and-method-but-awaken-the/)

[Robert Grudin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-grudin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/robert-grudin-13477_education_true-teachers-not-only-impart-knowledge_2857445.png)

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