The highest task of education is to develop in the individual a sense of responsibility towards humanity.

我们今天种植的每一棵树都是为我们永远不会见到的后代留下的遗产。

The aim of education is not to make men carpenters, but to make carpenters men.

"There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations."