Every age is blind to its own worst madness.

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.

Education is not sermonizing to children against their instincts and pleasures, but providing a natural continuity between what they feel and what they can and should be.

Law may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk.

Every age is blind to its own worst madness.

The importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him.