Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.