Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably from the conception of men, all men, as rational and spiritual beings.

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

Nobody can read Freud without realizing that he was the scientific equivalent of another nuisance, George Bernard Shaw.

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.

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

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.