All Genuine Learning Is Active, Not Passive.

If A Book Is Easy And Fits Nicely Into All Your Language Conventions And Thought Forms, Then You Probably Will Not Grow Much From Reading It. It May Be Entertaining, But Not Enlarging To Your Understanding. It’s The Hard Books That Count. Raking Is Easy, But All You Get Is Leaves; Digging Is Hard, But You Might Find Diamonds.

Political Democracy Cannot Flourish Under All Economic Conditions. Democracy Requires An Economic System Which Supports The Political Ideals Of Liberty And Equality For All. Men Cannot Exercise Freedom In The Political Sphere When They Are Deprived Of It In The Economic Sphere.

Is It Too Much To Expect From The Schools That They Train Their Students Not Only To Interpret But To Criticize; That Is, To Discriminate What Is Sound From Error And Falsehood, To Suspend Judgement If They Are Not Convinced, Or To Judge With Reason If They Agree Or Disagree?

The Truly Great Books Are The Few Books That Are Over Everybody's Head All Of The Time.

We Acknowledge But One Motive - To Follow The Truth As We Know It, Whithersoever It May Lead Us; But In Our Heart Of Hearts We Are Well Assured That The Truth Which Has Made Us Free, Will In The End Make Us Glad Also.