Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.

The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best and most rewardingly by attaining and preserving the happiness of learning.

A good teacher is a determined person

I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance.

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.