"True education is a kind of never-ending..." - Quote by J R R Tolkien

“The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.”

“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.”

“Smaug certainly looked asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance!”

“It is one of the signs of the times. We confess that we have risen from reading this book with enlarged ideas, and grander conceptions of our duties in this world. It did expand us a little.”

“The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.”

“A college degree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it.”

“When you hit a plateau you have to be willing to get a little bit worse before you get massively better.”

“He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser.”

“Mistakes are the stepping stones to success.”