Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one read more

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for read more

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

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.

"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all read more

"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

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.

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.