Science is, in the best and strictest sense, glorious entertainment

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

The history of creation is but a succession of battles between amateurs of genius-inspired heretics- and orthodox professionals.

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

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

I can only think that the book is read because it deals with the difficulties of schooling, which do not change. Please note: the difficulties, not the problems. Problems are solved or disappear with the revolving times. Difficulities remain. It will always be difficult to teach well, to learn accurately; to read, write, and count readily and competently; to acquire a sense of history and start one's education or anothers.

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap