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.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour; duty; mercy; hope.