“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”

“…the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal.”

“The difference between stupid and intelligent people – and this is true whether or not they are well-educated – is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.”

“What forms a bright personality,
Is intelligence plus heartiness.”

“Son intelligence rendait sa splendeur encore plus terrifiante.”

“It's all true that education will make you intelligent. But it can't automatically make you a good person too.”

“Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.”

“Four times, under our educational rules, the human pack is shuffled and cut – at eleven-plus, sixteen-plus, eighteen-plus and twenty-plus – and happy is he who comes top of the deck on each occasion, but especially the last. This is called Finals, the very name of which implies that nothing of importance can happen after it.”

“Education is no substitute for intelligence.”

“Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.”