At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement.
Pearl S. BuckNo longer can we afford to stuff the brains of the young with facts. The time is too short, the necessity for results too pressing. The new education must be based on the elimination of facts except as they illustrate principles. How to use facts, not how to accumulate them, is the purpose of true education.
Pearl S. Buck