For Tolstoy .. . anything that human beings do has its glory.. .. I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened.

Mark Van Doren
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  1. I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension–the attitude that they are inferior to you. I always assume they have good minds.

  2. Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

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