I believe that in this way the teacher always is the prophet of the true God and the usherer in of the true kingdom of God.

A man can be prevented from breaking into other persons' houses by shutting him up, but shutting him up may not alter his disposition to commit burglary.

An inanimate being is, of course, continuous with its surroundings; but the environing circumstances do not, save metaphorically, constitute an environment. For the inorganic being is not concerned in the influences which affect it.

Without the English, reason and philosophy would still be in the most despicable infancy in France.

The only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic.

The importance of language in gaining knowledge is doubtless the chief cause of the common notion that knowledge may be passed directly from one to another. It almost seems as if all we have to do to convey an idea into the mind of another is to convey a sound into his ear. Thus imparting knowledge gets assimilated to a purely physical process.

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.