The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy

History, like a vast river, propels logs, vegetation, rafts, and debris; it is full of live and dead things, some destined for resurrection; it mingles many waters and holds in solution invisible substances stolen from distant soils.

The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it.

Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

The professionals resemble and recognize each other by virtue of the stigmata that their trade has left upon them. They are like the dog in the fable, whose collar has made an indelible mark around his neck. The amateur is the shaggy wolf whom no dog had better trust too far.