It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it.

A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.