It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.

At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.