Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.

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.

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

We do not know what education can do for us, because we have never tried it.

Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.

Anybody who feels at ease in the world today is a fool.

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