Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light…

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When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong...

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with...

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon...

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical...

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

What you declare you will achieve.

What you declare you will achieve.

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.