I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math read more

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, read more

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the read more

My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the other.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life