In an ideal University, the force of living example should fire the student with a noble ambition to emulate the learning of learned men, and to follow in the footsteps of the explorers of new fields of knowledge. And the very air he breathes should be charged with that enthusiasm for truth, that fanaticism of veracity, which is a greater possession than much learning; a nobler gift than the power of increasing knowledge; by so much greater and nobler than these, as the moral nature of man is greater than the intellectual; for veracity is the heart of morality.

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

The man who is all morality and intellect, although he may be good and even great, is, after all, only half a man.

I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that which is of inestimable importance - that …

Anything which uses science as part of its name isn't: political science, creation science, computer science.

There are three lessons I would write, Three words as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men.

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake...can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.