Will Men Hope educator historian My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make. - Thomas Arnold
Ability Man The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy. - 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
Value Thought 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
If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back. - Ulysses S. Grant
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. - Julien Benda
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. - Maimonides