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.

Quote by John Jay Chapman

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People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a...

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics...

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking...

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our...

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

All progress is experimental.

All progress is experimental.

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan I know he's going to vote against me

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan I know he's going to vote against me

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.