I Am Beginning To Suspect All Elaborate

We Imagine That We Want To Escape Our Selfish And Commonplace Existence, But We Cling Desperately To Our Chains.

Is It Not True, Then, That My Life With All Its Limitation Touches At Many Points The Life Of The World Beautiful? Everything Has Its Wonders, Even Darkness And Silence, And I Learn, Whatever State I May Be, Therein To Be Content.

I Never Taught Language For The Purpose Of Teaching It; But Invariably Used Language As A Medium For The Communication Of Thought; Thus The Learning Of Language Was Coincident With The Acquisition Of Knowledge.

People Seldom See The Halting And Painful Steps By Which The Most Insignificant Success Is Achieved.

The Wrong Things Are Predominantly Stressed In The Schools - Things Remote From The Student's Experience And Need.