Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think--rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

Vote early and vote often.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.