"He who is learning and learning and..." - Quote by Plato

“No human thing is of serious importance.”

“When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.”

“To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.”

“The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.”

“I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites of human nature as they are in the habit of witnessing! And it is not merely in its follies, that they are read; for they see it occasionally under every circumstance that can be most interesting or affecting. What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation-- of all the sacrifices that ennoble us most. A sick chamber may often furnish the worth of volumes.”

“It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes.”

“You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.”

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.”

“It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole purpose of applying it. If you can apply the Marxist-Leninist viewpoint in elucidating one or two practical problems, you should be commended and credited with some achievement.”