[B]y taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time and space, and hear him speaking to us, mind to mind, heart to heart.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

A good teacher is a determined person

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.