The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge.

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

Alan Saporta

It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.

E. Lockhart

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Edward Moore

God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue.

William Ellery Channing

Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck.

Terry Pratchett

Force always attracts men of low morality.

Albert Einstein

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

Edward R. Murrow

The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.

John Gray

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.

Cate Blanchett

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

Thomas Aquinas

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life--knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth while to live. He is of a disposition to do men service, though he is ashamed to have a service done to him. To confer a kindness is a mark of superiority; to receive one is a mark of subordination... He does not take part in public displays... He is open in his dislikes and preferences; he talks and acts frankly, because of his contempt for men and things... He is never fired with admiration, since there is nothing great in his eyes. He cannot live in complaisance with others, except it be a friend; complaisance is the characteristic of a slave... He never feels malice, and always forgets and passes over injuries... He is not fond of talking... It is no concern of his that he should be praised, or that others should be blamed. He does not speak evil of others, even of his enemies, unless it be to themselves. His carriage is sedate, his voice deep, his speech measured; he is not given to hurry, for he is concerned about only a few things; he is not prone to vehemence, for he thinks nothing very important. A shrill voice and hasty steps come to a man through care... He bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of his circumstances, like a skillful general who marshals his limited forces with the strategy of war... He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and is afraid of solitude.

Aristotle