The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.

There is one ray of hope. It seems to me that today the responsible leaders of the several peoples have, in the main, the honest will to abolish war.

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of teaching have not yet entirely strangled that sacred spirit of curiosity and inquiry, for this delicate plant needs freedom no less than stimulation.

If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.

The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition and to guide the child over to important fields for society. Such a school demands from the teacher that he be a kind of artist in his province.

The chicken did not cross the road. The road passed beneath the chicken.

It's not that I'm so smart.