Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.

When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Freedom in education has many aspects. There is first of all freedom to learn or not to learn. Then there is freedom as to what to learn. And in later education there is freedom of opinion.

Ideas and principles that do harm are as a rule, though not always, cloaks for evil passions.

There was a law in Connecticut - I believe it is still formally unrepealed - making it illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.

In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.