Leo Tolstoy

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.

I sit on a man’s back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that i am sorry for him and wish to lighten his load by all means possible….except by getting off his back.

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

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

You must unlearn what you have learned.

Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

As precious as knowledge itself is the learning. As precious as any reward is the earning.

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

For profit higher education is today a booming industry feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate.

In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.

As a kid I had a hard time reading in school. I was the kid who would go one period a day to the class for kids with learning disabilities.

No task before our nation is more important than expanding and improving the educational opportunities of all our people. The concept that every American deserves the opportunity to attain the highest level of education of which he is capable is not new to this Administration – it is a traditional ideal of democracy. But it is time that we moved toward the fulfillment of this ideal with more vigor and less delay. For education is both the foundation and the unifying force of our democratic way of life – it is the mainspring of our economic and social progress – it is the highest expression of achievement in our society, ennobling and enriching human life. In short, it is at the same time the most profitable investment society can make and the richest reward it can offer.

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

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

Because of the flexibility that community colleges afford, many students do not have to choose between an education and fulfilling other responsibilities – they can do both.