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Löis Lancaster Quotes: "As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in slight esteem the wisdom of the best."

As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in slight esteem the wisdom of the best.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative."

Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative.




Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags."

Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously."

Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously.




Löis Lancaster Quotes: "To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many."

To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads."

We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth."

The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth.




Löis Lancaster Quotes: "There are few things it is more important to learn than how to live on little and be therewith content: for the less we need what is without, the more leisure have we to live within."

There are few things it is more important to learn than how to live on little and be therewith content: for the less we need what is without, the more leisure have we to live within.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct."

The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force."

States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love."

When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men."

Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men.




Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs."

Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn."

They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Make thyself perfect; others, happy."

Make thyself perfect; others, happy.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself."

If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants."

As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books."

If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning."

When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Insight makes argument ridiculous."

Insight makes argument ridiculous.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption"

Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life."

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons."

Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless."

If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry."

Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind."

Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "It is the business of the teacher ... to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign."

It is the business of the teacher ... to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant."

One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority."

Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious."

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way."

It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects."

The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject."

If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?"

If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect."

The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity."

Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope."

The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The important thing is how we know, not what or how much."

The important thing is how we know, not what or how much.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle."

Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble."

Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us."

We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?"

If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?"

Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets."

Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many."

When we know and love the best we are content to lack the approval of the many.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true."

Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas."

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "The world is chiefly a mental fact. From mind it receives the forms of time and space, the principle of casuality[sic], color, warmth, and beauty. Were there no mind, there would be no world."

The world is chiefly a mental fact. From mind it receives the forms of time and space, the principle of casuality[sic], color, warmth, and beauty. Were there no mind, there would be no world.



Löis Lancaster Quotes: "It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good."

It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good.