It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a thing not to be sacrificed read more

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life.

Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, read more

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.