Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power.

In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to draw a justly limited inference from observed facts.

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.