False Pleasures Come From Without

We Often Hear Of People Breaking Down From Overwork, But In Nine Out Of Ten They Are Really Suffering From Worry Or Anxiety.

Great Battles Are Really Won Before They Are Actually Fought. To Control Our Passions We Must Govern Our Habits, And Keep Watch Over Ourselves In The Small Details Of Everyday Life.

The Important Thing Is Not So Much That Every Child Should Be Taught, As That Every Child Should Have The Opportunity Of Teaching Itself. What Does It Matter If The Pupil Know A Little More Or A Little Less? A Boy Who Leaves School Knowing Much, But Hating His Lessons, Will Soon Have Forgotten All He Ever Learned; While Another Who Had Acquired A Thirst For Knowledge, Even If He Had Learned Little, Would Soon Teach Himself More Than The First Ever Knew.

It Is Sad, Indeed, To See How Man Wastes His Opportunities. How Many Could Be Made Happy, With The Blessings Which Are Recklessly Wasted Or Thrown Away.

The Idle Man Does Not Know What It Is To Enjoy Rest, For He Has Not Earned It.