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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with read more
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us read more
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
