The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

The mind tends to run along the groove of one's intention and overlook the actual expression.

It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism.

Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.

In a large university, there are as many deans and executive heads as there are schools and departments. Their relations to one another are intricate and periodic; in fact, "galaxy" is too loose a term: it is a planetarium of deans with the President of the University as a central sun. One can see eclipses, inner systems, and oppositions.

The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.