The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

Yes, I am proud, and very humble too.

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today.... Regardless of whatever they went through and how they may have been treated, they felt education was important. So, it's easier when you have the parents who support it, rather than those who don't.

Is it not true, then, that my life with all its limitation touches at many points the life of the World Beautiful? Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be, therein to be content.

It is a rare privilege to watch the birth, growth, and first feeble struggles of a living mind; this privilege is mine.