The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
教育的目的应该是教我们如何思考,而不是思考什么——更应该是改善我们的思维,使我们能够独立思考,而不是用别人的思想来填充记忆。