For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

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

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.

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.

Football, fraternities and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn't be in the university.

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.