And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.

But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness of the human condition, in the writer's touching some common nerve ending. I think this kind of social commitment, like a lady's slip, should be there but it must not show.

Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow.

I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe

Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one's best self.

Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers.

... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere.