You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught.

Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.

Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot really instruct or edify them.