Compassion Quote by Michael S. Roth

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

— Anonymous

“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

“I do regard modern universities to be biologically toxic environments for healthy students.”

— Steven Magee

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

“Academic life is but half life it is a withdrawal from the fight to utter smart things that cost you nothing except the thinking…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“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

“What was it about scholarship and learning, he wondered, that seemed to wither the hearts of University men, leaving them incapable of loving anything…

— Ellen Kushner

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

“We must be at least as well qualified as [Men] to teach the sciences; and if we are not seen in university chairs, it…

— Lady Sophia Fermor

“She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy when the school's so-called counselors are nothing more than misguided do-gooders with degrees." -Artemis Fowl”

— Eoin Colfer

“Study institutions may become visible when the head is more emptied of imaginings.”

— Idries Shah

“Life is not divisible into the departments of a university, nor is our understanding of life greatly increased by standard research practices, which tend…

— Nora Bateson