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

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

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

This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.

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. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues.