Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school

Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more.

Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach.

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.

The school is the manufactory of humanity.

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

Boyhood is distracted for years with precepts of grammar that are infinitely prolix, perplexed and obscure.

Preserve there [bohemia] a hidden seed to glorify thy name.

How many lovers did a person need, anyway?

No one has ever been deeply changed by an act of the will. The only thing that can re-forge and change a life at its root, is love.

It is labor that keeps the strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil and burden-bearing, is what will give strength to the church of Christ.

I don't really know what 'community' means. And I never use that word.

I don't write music for critics or hipsters. I write for me.

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

We need to assume that aspirations of people in villages are nothing less than the aspirations of people in the cities. They need a change in their lifestyle.

I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.

My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts.

Do we call the star lost that is hidden / In the great light of morn?