“Let something be read that will open the class's mind rather than crack its head.”

Original: Darllener rhywbeth wna i'r dosbarth agor ei feddwl, ac nid agor y crib. — A humorous plea for education that opens the mind rather than overwhelming the learner · Address, Y Paratoad Goreu ar Gyfer y Weinidogaeth, 1895 (Welsh)

• Education
• Humour
• Learning

“My standpoint has changed in many ways here — I think I may say: broadened.”

Original: Mein Standpunkt hat sich hierin mannigfach verändert – ich darf wohl sagen: erweitert. — A succinct acknowledgement that intellectual growth can mean widening one's outlook · Letter to Christian Schmitt, 1902 (German)

• Change
• Humility
• Learning

“Every art is best taught by example. Nothing contributes more to the cultivation of propriety than remarks on the works of those who have most excelled.”

Arguing that excellence is learned through close attention to excellent models · Lives of the Poets, Pope

• Art
• Learning

“I'm afraid I wasn't much of a student, but my casual reading was enormous.”

Distinguishing wide independent reading from formal academic achievement · Interview, The Paris Review (1968)

• Knowledge
• Learning