It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.

Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.

.. free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind. There is no room in this for the divinization of a nation, of a class, let alone of an individual. Are we not all children of one father, as it is said in religious language?

The thing is, not to stop questioning.

If you want different results, do not do the same things.