“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”

“Good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.”

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”

“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”

“Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.”