One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.

Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life.

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power.

Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment.

The Library is the heart of the University.

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.

So much of what people believe makes no sense, Wylie.

...but I like who I became just fine. That's the way life is. We all try to make something out of our lives, and some of us are just luckier than others.

The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.

The world is more than the sum of its suffering.

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

We want to make people feel something after they buy that ticket.

I wanted to watch the women interacting with [Warren Beatty], which takes he chose, and how the actresses were reacting in scenes with him.

Every artist should live by these words: Never feel bad about successfully selling your creations. Never feel bad about creating art you can't sell.

There are lots of moments that are great for an actress.

The laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them. They are inexorable.