Henry David Thoreau

It seems to me that the god that is commonly worshipped in civilized countries is not at all divine, though he bears a divine name, but is the overwhelming authority and respectability of mankind combined. Men reverence one another, not yet God.

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.

In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

In teaching the children at Greenfield Village, we are trying to get back some of the solid McGuffey qualities.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

The biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.

You can’t learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college.

Women who are interested in pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees – especially in STEM fields – benefit from starting at a community college. They offer an affordable education, with flexible schedules and degrees close to home.

Being a teacher is not what I do, it’s who I am.

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.

America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.

I went to college on an art scholarship at the American Academy of Art, but the education comes from being passionate about objects, spaces, colors and the way they affect your senses.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past – whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

Learn something new every day.