“One cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows.”
“I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows.”
“If you are a sparrow, don’t attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don’t attack the sparrow; be just!”
“things cannot be expected to turn up of themselves. We must in a measure assist to turn them up”
“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”
“These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmengive themselves away! The real God taketh heed lest a sparrow fall. But the God created from human vanity seesno difference between an eagle and a sparrow.”