The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person. We may say to our children: Here is art science philosophy mathematics music psychology history religion – and we may open innumerable doors along the corridors of living so that they will have a broad and even a minute acquaintance with the segments of life; but these introductions are not as important as knowing people whose characters and actions personalities and words have grown after similar introductions and have become worthy of emulation.
When two people are under the influence of the most violent most insane most delusive and most transient of passions they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited abnormal and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be and wherever he may be placed the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.
The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.
LOVE n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.
The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
Blessed is the influence of one true loving human soul on another.
We are the echo of the future.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person. We may say to our children: Here is art science philosophy mathematics music psychology history religion – and we may open innumerable doors along the corridors of living so that they will have a broad and even a minute acquaintance with the segments of life; but these introductions are not as important as knowing people whose characters and actions personalities and words have grown after similar introductions and have become worthy of emulation.
When two people are under the influence of the most violent most insane most delusive and most transient of passions they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited abnormal and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described.