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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.
All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.
A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured read more
. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.