The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

We all make mistakes, as the hedgehog said as he climbed off the scrubbing brush

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

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

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.

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.