Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Quote by Horace Mann

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Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and...

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the...

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like room without windows.

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by...

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single...

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to...

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last...

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.