Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach.

Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more.

Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.

The school is the manufactory of humanity.

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

Boyhood is distracted for years with precepts of grammar that are infinitely prolix, perplexed and obscure.

Preserve there [bohemia] a hidden seed to glorify thy name.

There's a little bit of magic in every box!

Is not this world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

Diversity in and of itself is a strong positive.

Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.

I am not an encore, not a pudding, I am the main dish.

Everybody should have a television show. Let's all get television shows!

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.

She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.