Humble pupils and humble teachers …

“According to the Benedictine view, against the prevalent establishment, and exactly consonant with that of Socrates, St. Thomas, and Cardinal Newman, the purpose of a university is not – I say it sweetly, with reverent reserve – the purpose of the university is not research but friendship… The student must not only receive the knowledge, counsel and correction of the teacher, he must fulfil them, which means that he must understand, not just parrot or comply; and by learning, become assimilated to the spiritual, intellectual and moral model of the teacher”.

“Humility is a necessary condition of learning … [in] the relation of disciple to master of which docility is an analogue of the love of man and God, from whom all paternity in Heaven and on earth derives.”

“The Spirit of the Rule”, by John Senior.