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

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

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

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

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

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

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