There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.

In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of labor, it is but natural that material interests should absorb the attention of the people to a degree elsewhere unknown.

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.

If you wish to educate a child who has gone wrong, then you must, above all, keep your attention fixed on the intersection of two charmed circles.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.