A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Do not feel certain of anything.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.

Read, read, read. Never stop reading. And when you can't read anymore… write.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push and educational message.

A student is not a container you have to fill, but a torch you have to light up.

If you want a new idea, read an old book.