All social life, stability, progress, depend upon each man's confidence in his neighbor, a reliance upon him to do his duty.
Abbott Lawrence LowellYou will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.
Abbott Lawrence LowellOf course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.
Abbott Lawrence LowellA tale is told of a man in Paris during the upheaval in 1948, who saw a friend marching after a crowd toward the barricades. Warning him that these could not be held against the troops, that he had better keep way, he received this reply, " I must follow them. I am their leader."
Abbott Lawrence Lowell