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