Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for.

Quote by Thomas Arnold

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It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life...

It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life...

Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have...

Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability - it is energy

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability - it is energy

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.

My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can...

My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most...

We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most...

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I...

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I...

In the age in which we live, the impossible is every day losing ground.

In the age in which we live, the impossible is every day losing ground.

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from...

The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from...

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass...

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass...

Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.

Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung.