horace mann

“ We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital ”

“ Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men. ”

“ If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it. ”

“ Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. ”

“ A house without books is like a room without windows. ”

“ It is well to think well; it is divine to act well. ”

“ When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. ”

“ We who are engaged in the sacred cause of education are entitled to look upon all parents as having given hostages to our cause. ”

“ If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable. ”

“ Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. ”