A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, - to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep a diary, to collect sagas and heap cairns. This instinct as to the enduring value of the past is, one might say, the very basis of civilization.

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

All progress is experimental.