Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.
Horace MannEducation must bring the practice as nearly as possible to the theory. As the children now are, so will the sovereigns soon be.
Horace MannWe go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.
Horace MannTemptation is a fearful word. It indicates the beginning of a possible series of infinite evils. It is the ringing of an alarm bell, whose melancholy sounds may reverberate through eternity. Like the sudden, sharp cry of "Fire!" under our windows by night, it should rouse us to instantaneous action, and brace every muscle to its highest tension.
Horace Mann