Politics Is Organized Hatred, That Is Unity.

Our Goodness Comes Solely From Thinking On Goodness; Our Wickedness From Thinking On Wickedness. We Too Are The Victims Of Our Own Contemplation.

Inspired Teachers ... Cannot Be Ordered By The Gross From The Factory. They Must Be Discovered One By One, And Brought Home From The Woods And Swamps Like Orchids. They Must Be Placed In A Conservatory, Not In A Carpenter Shop; And They Must Be Honored And Trusted.

Learning Is Not Easy, But Hard; Culture Is Severe. The Steps To Parnassus Are Steep And Terribly Arduous.

Every Generation Is A Secret Society And Has Incommunicable Enthusiasms, Tastes, And Interests Which Are A Mystery Both To Its Predecessors And To Posterity.

Nothing Is More Injurious To The Character And To The Intellect Than The Suppression Of A Generous Emotion.