The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

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A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new...

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new...

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits...

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the...

The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the...