The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

Football, fraternities and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn't be in the university.

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.

The best education for the best is the best education for all.

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.

For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable.

Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

Sometimes, you need to downgrade your dreams to upgrade your reality.

It is certainly true that ‘actions speak louder than words, ’ but words become as monuments to thoughts.

I've been very fortunate in my career.

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

How seldom is generosity perfect and pure! How often do men give because it throws a certain inferiority on those who receive, and superiority on themselves!

The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will find it, will never become a great writer.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.

My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles.

Even Lucifer looked impressed. He muttered, "Only Lucinda could pull that off.

When you give up on life, never give up on yourself, because there is so much for you to keep on giving!