“Essential to education for being human is to cultivate a sense for the inexpedient, to disclose the fallacy of absolute expediency.”

“The new education must consist essentially in this, that it completely destroys freedom of will in the soil which it undertakes to cultivate, and produces on the contrary strict necessity in the decisions of the will, the opposite being impossible. Such a will can henceforth be relied on with confidence and certainty.”

“Only by being cultivated does a human being … become altogether human and permeated by humanity.”

“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”

“The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.”

“Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”

“The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.”

“A decent life is to disclose humanity in oneself.”

“The more a believer wishes to live the absolute call of God, the more essential it is to do so in the heart of human distress.”

“The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.”