Good teaching is creating really interesting generalizations out of war stories.

As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia near China and India.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

If you think the cost of education is high, think about ignorance.

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.

There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

Nature paces its change in gradual steps, and in this time of renewal, I danced in sync to the rhythm of life.

Tush! These are trifles and mere old wives' tales.

I reckon you have to put a presence in front of your opponent - a bit of confidence and attitude - and then you can change what their next move may be.

Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.

Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

Sing again, with your dear voice revealing. A tone Of some world far from ours, where music and moonlight and feeling are one.

I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.

It’s very difficult to trace convicted paedophiles

The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song After great cathedral gong.

Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek: I'll stay a month longer. I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' the world; I delight in masques and revels sometimes altogether (He's an oddity in that he enjoys having fun)