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Quotes by Academic

"If you feel you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you."

"To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education."

"If we continually try to force a child to do what he is afraid to do, he will become more timid, and will use his brains and energy, not to explore the unknown, but to find ways to avoid the pressures we put on him."

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."

"If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than the competition, so you have more changes to learn and win."

"The end of education is to see men made whole, both in competence and in conscience."
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