Kindliness seems to exist primarily as an animal instinct, so deeply rooted that mental degeneracy, which works from the top down,... does not destroy it until the mind sinks to the lower grades of idiocy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we se...e it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the i...solation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in g...eneral. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betr...ay when we set out to "americanize" him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with ...those that are lower or less rational.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether... be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol, which both of us connect with the common sentiment or idea; and thus by communicating an impulse he can move the will.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »