"Your self is not something you are, it is something you continually build. So, instead of saying "I am", you have to think "I am being". - On Who You Are"

"A book of lessons is as good as the will of the person willing to learn from it. - On Learning and Books"

"A university cannot make an imbecile less of a fool, neither can it make a warped mind straight; it is supposed to be a laboratory for the inquisitive mind so that he or she can take advantage of its academic resources. - On Academic Learning"

"The hardest lesson are the ones that from ourselves we don’t learn.The everlasting ones are those we are not able to forget."

"Conversations that stir the mind are bound to stir the soul."