You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

The sole function of education...[is] to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.

Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at the conclusion it may appear as a work of art?

Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.

Strenuous intellectual work and the study of God's Nature are the angels that will lead me through all the troubles of this life with consolation, strength, and uncompromising rigor.