Connections Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason.

— Anonymous

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge,…

— John Williams

The reason you go to university is to be taught, is to learn how to think more clearly, to call into question the ideas…

— Joan Wallach Scott

“The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre…

— Anonymous

“A university is a human invention for the transmission of knowledge and culture from generation to generation, through the training of quick minds and…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn…

— Sydney J. Harris

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Education is the sum total of one's experience, and the purpose of higher education is to widen our experiences beyond the circumscribed existence or…

— Mortimer Adler

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.

— Allan Bloom

A university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

— Vincent Massey