The first duty of the university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of engineers.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

The complete education gives one not only power of concentration but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate.

Education without social action is a one‐sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure energy.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.