Leo Tolstoy

Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

The strongest of all warriors are these two – Time and Patience.

The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs. bad’ but ‘good vs. good.’

Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.

I think… if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

Women who are interested in pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees – especially in STEM fields – benefit from starting at a community college. They offer an affordable education, with flexible schedules and degrees close to home.

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new day. Once again we must start where men would improve their society have always known they must begin – with an educational system restudied, reinforced, and revitalized.

The universe is not indifferent to intelligence, it is actively hostile to it.

Education is the best provision for old age.

A man’s college and university degrees mean nothing to me until I see what he is able to do with them.

The most crucial use of knowledge and education is to understand the importance of developing a good heart.

Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read, he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.

In teaching the children at Greenfield Village, we are trying to get back some of the solid McGuffey qualities.

By making college unaffordable and student loans unbearable, we risk deterring our best and brightest from pursuing higher education and securing a good paying job.

Education not just preparation for life, but part if life itself-a continuous art.

I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.