Thought educator Value historian teacher Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for. - Thomas Arnold
Son Mind Rather than have it the principal thing in my son's mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament. - Thomas Arnold
Ability Man The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy. - Thomas Arnold
Hope Men Will My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make. - Thomas Arnold
Age May Men Work Life One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful. - Thomas Arnold
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. - Arthur Schopenhauer
For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all. - Graham Nelson
I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981. - R. A. Salvatore