On the Teacher

Ἐῖπε πάλιν ἡ αὐτὴ, ὅτι ὁ διδάσκαλος ὀφείλει εἶναι ξένος φιλαρχίας, καὶ ἀλλότριος κενοδοξίας, μακρὰν ὑπερηφανίας, μὴ ὑπὸ κολακείας ἐμπαιζόμενος, μὴ ὑπὸ δώρων τυφλούμενος, μὴ ὑπὸ γαστρὸς νικώμενος, μὴ ὑπὸ ὀργῆς κρατούμενος· ἀλλὰ μακρόθυμος, ἐπιεικὴς, πάσῃ δυνάμει ταπεινόφρων· ἔγκριτος εἶνα, καὶ ἀνεκτικός· κηδεμονικὸς καὶ φιλόψυχος.  ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Again Mother Theodora said, 'The teacher should be eager for guests and a stranger to vainglory, distant to pride and not moved by flattery, nor blinded by gifts, nor ruled by the stomach, nor under the power of anger; but patient, peaceable and humble in so far as he can be. He should be tolerant, diligent and a lover of souls.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia