The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.
The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we are thereby led into a new world of tradition and thought and feeling.
The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.
The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of fine and independent living, and for that a professional chair offers no special opportunities.