Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.

What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization.