A child is not a

A child is not a
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
  

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When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.
It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.
The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.
He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.
Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character
Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.
Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.
You can't unscramble an egg.
To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.