It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. – Horace Mann
Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. – Horace Mann
When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. – Horace Mann
Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former. – Horace Mann