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

The teacher's chief difficulty is poverty. He (or she) belongs to a badly paid profession. He cannot dress and live like a workman, but he is sometimes paid as little as an unskilled laborer.

If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.

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

Many of the snarly bad-tempered teachers whom we remember with hatred were really nice people soured by years of anxiety and penny-pinching.

Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from knives and fires, but put permanent scars on their souls.

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it.