Selected works of Janusz Korczak
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“The lives of great men are like legends-difficult but beautiful.”
Source: Selected works of Janusz Korczak
“Are decent people in positions of leadership eternally condemned to Calvary?”
“I am well versed in reading the pages of war.”
Source: The Ghetto Years, 1939-1942
“Life is a circus ring, with some moments more spectacular than others.”
“Life never gives more than partial liberation. Achievement can never be more than fragmentary.”
Source: Ghetto Diary
“The court does not fly off the handle. It does not shout abuse. It speaks calmly.”
Source: A Voice for the Child: The Inspirational Words of Janusz Korczak
“I have signed a pact with life: we will not get in each other's way”
Source: The Ghetto Years, 1939-1942
“The soul of a child is as complicated and full of contradictions as our soul is.”
“Whatever has been achieved through pressure and violence is unstable, unreliable and incorrect.”
Source: Selected works of Janusz Korczak
“You will go on blundering, for only he who does nothing avoids errors.”
Source: Selected works of Janusz Korczak
“My greatest fault is that I am no longer a child”
Source: A Voice for the Child: The Inspirational Words of Janusz Korczak