With love and prayers by F. Jarvis. Quotes VIII

-Every great school in every age has always regarded the awareness of death as the foundation stone of education.

-Are you preparing Henry for a political career?
-No, he said.
-Well, for a professional career?
-No, he replied.
-For a business career, then?
-No, he repeated.
-Well, in a word, Dr. Alington, what are you here at Eton preparing Henry for?
-I a word, madam? Death.

-When you finally face with courage the reality that nothing in this world endures, you instinctively reach out for what does endure and for what provides meaning, for the reality beyond what can be seen and heard and felt and smelled.
-Happiness comes not by focusing on yourself, your needs, your rights, your advancement, but on the needs of others.
-Roxbury Latin boys have always been different. 'Your school may be small and it doesn't recruit athletes, but you have the toughest kids'. You are different. You are, many of you, rebels against the spirit of your age. The best people in every generation always have been. They are a minority, but they change the world and they have the happiest, most fulfilling, and most exciting lives. Roxbury Latin boys have always dared to be different, to go against the pack.
-Others first, others second, myself last.
-They were closest friends, but there was no hugging, no kissing, no tears as there would be today. Hugging, kissing, crying were regarded as inappropriate.
-Nihilism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.