It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled.

The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way-that is, to learn from books rather than from direct, possibly painful, contact with the real world.

Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.

We have not yet seen what man can make of man.

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

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

The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.