Essence Quote by Charles Koch

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

— John Ciardi

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

— Richard Hofstadter

There is a tolerably general agreement about what a university is not. It is not a place of professional education.

— John Stuart Mill

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 university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not…

— Albert J. Nock

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

— Anonymous

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.

— Anonymous

Education doesn't cease when you leave college or leave the university. Education is a lifetime process.

— Jim Rohn

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

— Benjamin Disraeli

The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life, by uniting the young and the…

— Alfred North Whitehead

I love the idea of a university as away from capitalist values, where people can do things that don't immediately have to pay their…

— Alain de Botton

It is one thing for the institution to offer space for serious engagement, in thought and action, and to encourage free and independent use…

— Noam Chomsky