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

Most people spend their time on the 'urgent' rather than on the 'important.'

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

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

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.

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.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.