Art moves. Hence its civilizing power.
We teachers make the road, others will make the journey.
Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.