Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

The doer alone learneth.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.