A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

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Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine.

Psychiatric expert testimony: mendacity masquerading as medicine.

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you...

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you...

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not...

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not...

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are.

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only...

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to...

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem....

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic...

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic...

Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to...

Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the...

Sometimes we must lose ourselves to find ourselves.

Sometimes we must lose ourselves to find ourselves.

It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different...

It's funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different...

There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines...

There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines...

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have...

If you haven't had at least a slight poetic crack in the heart, you have...