“A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge
“Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance
“It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplished
“It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state
“Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know
“Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kind of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty
“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries
“It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the 'plan of creation,' 'unity of design,' etc..
“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts