The Intellectuals' Chief Cause Of Anguish Are

Above All, The Ability To Feel The Force Of An Argument Apart From The Substance It Deals With Is The Strongest Weapon Against Prejudice.

A Person Is Not A Democrat Thanks To His Ignorance Of Literature And The Arts, Nor An Elitist Because He Or She Has Cultivated Them. The Possession Of Knowledge Makes For Unjust Power Over Others Only If Used For That Very Purpose: A Physician Or Lawyer Or Clergyman Can Exploit Or Humiliate Others, Or He Can Be A Humanitarian And A Benefactor. In Any Case, It Is Absurd To Conjure Up Behind Anybody Who Exploits His Educated Status The Existence Of An "elite" Scheming To Oppress The Rest Of Us.

A Student Under My Care Owes His First Allegiance To Himself And Not To My Specialty; And Must Not Be Burdened With My Work As If He Followed No Other And Had Contracted No Obligation Under Heaven But That Of Satisfying My Requirements.

Among The Words That Can Be All Things To All Men, The Word "race" Has A Fair Claim To Being The Most Common, Most Ambiguous And Most Explosive. No One Today Would Deny That It Is One Of The Great Catchwords About Which Ink And Blood Are Spilled In Reckless Quantities. Yet No Agreement Seems To Exist About What Race Means.

The Educated Man Had Throughout The Ages Found A Way To Covert Passionate Activity Into Silent And Motionless Pleasure. He Can Sit Still In A Room And Not Perish.