A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame.

A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge but merely repeats his lesson to his students, can only load their minds, he cannot quicken them.

My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.

If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.

My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.

Life's aspirations come in the guise of children.