Every act of every man is a moral act, to be tested by moral, and not by economic criteria.

It has been said that we have not had the three R's in America, we had the six R's; remedial readin', remedial 'ritin' and remedial 'rithmetic.

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited acquisition.

...The task is overwhelming, and the chance is slight. We must take the chance or die.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

Whenever the urge to exercise comes upon me, I lie down for a while and it passes.