The Person Who Says He Knows What

The Teacher's Role In Discussion Is To Keep It Going Along Fruitful Lines - Be Moderating, Guiding, Correcting And Arguing Like One More Students.

In English We Must Use Adjectives To Distinguish The Different Kinds Of Love For Which The Ancients Had Distinct Names.

If A Book Is Easy And Fits Nicely Into All Your Language Conventions And Thought Forms, Then You Probably Will Not Grow Much From Reading It. It May Be Entertaining, But Not Enlarging To Your Understanding. It’s The Hard Books That Count. Raking Is Easy, But All You Get Is Leaves; Digging Is Hard, But You Might Find Diamonds.

The Best Protection Against Propaganda Of Any Sort Is The Recognition Of It For What It Is. Only Hidden And Undetected Oratory Is Really Insidious. What Reaches The Heart Without Going Through The Mind Is Likely To Bounce Back And Put The Mind Out Of Business. Propaganda Taken In That Way Is Like A Drug You Do Not Know You Are Swallowing. The Effect Is Mysterious; You Do Not Know Afterwards Why You Feel Or Think The Way You Do.

If We Consider Men And Women Generally, And Apart From Their Professions Or Occupations, There Is Only One Situation I Can Think Of In Which They Almost Pull Themselves Up By Their Bootstraps, Making An Effort To Read Better Than They Usually Do. When They Are In Love And Are Reading A Love Letter, They Read For All They Are Worth.