Great knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been well instructed, but still greater knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been neglected.
Horace MannThe soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is a mere reflex of the lives of others. It migrates into their bodies, and identifying its existence with their existence, finds its own happiness in increasing and prolonging their pleasures, in extinguishing or solacing their pains.
Horace MannIt would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more.
Horace MannOf all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.
Horace Mann