"The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will not decay is knowledge; the only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom."

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Source : John Alfred Langford (1880). “The Praise of Books as Said and Sung by English Authors: Selected with a Preliminary Essay on Books”

John Alfred Langford

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“The presentation of mathematics in schools should be psychological and not systematic. The teacher, so to speak, should be a diplomat. He must take account of the psychic processes in the boy in order to grip his interest, and he will succeed only if he presents things in a form intuitively comprehensible. A more abstract presentation is only possible in the upper classes.”
“My belief in the growth and permanence of democracy is undimmed. I know that the people will cast off the new dictatorship as they did the old. I believe as firmly as in my youth that humanity will surmount the era of poverty and war. Life will be happier and more beautiful for all. I believe in the GOLDEN AGE.”
“Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty.”
“In 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever. 2030 is a dream and a goal.”
“We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.”

Source : Warren E. Burger (1978). “Trial court advocacy: a checklist of comments”
“The ability to conduct is a gift of God with which few have been endowed in full measure.”

Source : Anton Seidl (2014). “On Conducting”, p.100, Parrot Press
“It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.”
“I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.”

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