Empty vessels make the most noise

When I was young, in my English class, whenever we were talking to each other and making noises, the teacher would say "Empty vessels make the most noise"...

I understand where she is coming from...

We can also look at it from a completely different perspective...

If we want to learn, we need to empty ourselves first, because if we are too full of ourselves, too full of "I know", too much fear, too much stress, too many thoughts, don't like the teacher...how can we learn?

It's only when we are empty, knowledge can flow through us smoothly without distortion and stay well in our memory.

中學英文堂的時候，每當我們在談話時，老師總是說 "Empty vessels make the most noise", 意思是，”滿瓶不響，半瓶晃盪”...

(全意是：真正有才學的人都很謙虛內斂，只有那些沒什麼本事但自認為很有才華的人才會到處宣揚自己有多了不起。)

我是明白她的用意的...

我們也可以從另一個完全不同的角度去看這個 "empty"...

我們學習的時候，首先需要清空自己，因為如果我們太過自我，覺得 “我懂啦”，太多恐懼，太大壓力，太多雜念，不喜歡老師...等等，我們又怎麼能學習呢？

只有當我們是空盪時，才能接收知識如實，知識才能紮根於我們內在。