The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman.

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

Creating a nation requires the will of the people.

A nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation.

I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.

If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

Every author believes, when his first book is published, that those that acclaim it are his personal friends or impersonal peers, while its revilers can only be envious rogues and nonentities.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

I think most actors like to be liked.

I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.

There is a 114% increase in happiness when receiving rewards via mobile marketing.

I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.