"One repays a teacher badly if one..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually expands: his world grows deeper, ever new stars, ever new images and enigmas come into view.”

“A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.”

“I love him who scattereth golden words in advance of his deeds, and always doeth more than he promiseth: for he seeketh his own down-going.”

“You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.”

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

“The amount of psychology which is necessary to all teachers need not be very great.”

“In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.”

“The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and must be the touchstones of Vanderbilt University and of any free university in this country or the world. I say two touchstones, yet they are almost inseparable, inseparable if not indistinguishable, for liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain.”

“There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.”