I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only feedback loop.
There is no wealth but life.
There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves.
Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him.
To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true? To be taught to write or to speak—but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think—nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true.
It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.
Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers.
Speaking as a New Yorker, I found [September 11] a shocking and terrifying event, particularly the scale of it.
Claiming certainty without corroborating evidence is stupid.
It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.