Anne Sullivan Macy

“We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.”

“No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.”

“We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.”

“The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.”

“I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.”