It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other.

Technology has been defined, perhaps a little ungenerously, as "a long Greek name for a bag of tools".

Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.

The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots.

We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.

Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south!

It is not what a man is capable of doing, but what he chooses to do that is important.

Even if I believed I was doing good- for who I am to presume what is good for others?

I went through what I went through because God said go through it

When it comes to energy policy, I don't think that it's up to the individuals to make energy policy.

True love has always been a two-way proposition.

Stephen Jones' hats are what we used to call 'creations'; extravagant, odd things for extravagant, odd people like Madonna or Lady Gaga. They're worn in a parallel universe.

Don't think about being the number one in the world, try instead to get through today's program as well as you can. Then we will see whether one day you'll end up as number one or number 100.

When it comes to our integrity: one moment in a dark place can cast a shadow for a lifetime.

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.