Quote #5
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
More from Horace Mann
- But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of universal know…
- The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
- Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
- Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.
- Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.
- Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.
- Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
- A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering cold iron.