“Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.”
“Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.”
“Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.”
“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”
“So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our own children and other people's children--as if justice were divisible.”
“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.”