What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expec…

Islam is the best religion, with the worst followers.

Irish history is something no Englishman should forget and no Irishman should remember.

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime …