Our best chance for happiness is education.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

Weightless in water, swift as the wind, Subtle of purpose - a feather blown - I go with my oarsmen where they will, My beautiful body and theirs all one.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

I love the fall. I love it because of the smells that you speak of; and also because things are dying, things that you don't have to take care of anymore, and the grass stops growing.

I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior to you. I always assume they have good minds.