一個新的想法是非常脆弱的，他可能被一聲恥笑或一個呵欠扼殺，可能被一句嘲諷刺中身亡，或者因某位權威人士皺一下眉便鬱鬱而終。-查爾斯·布勞爾
education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. -robert frost
教育是這樣一種能力，即在傾聽所有事物時不會喪失儀表或自信。 -羅伯特·佛羅斯特
give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life. -chinese proverb
授人以魚，不如授人以漁。 -中國諺語
with talent, you do what you like. with genius, you do what you can. -jean ingres
有才能的人，做自己喜愛的事；有天賦的人，做自己能做的事。 -簡·安格爾
the whold art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. -anatole france
教育的整個藝術是喚醒年輕人天然好奇心的藝術，為著以後滿足它的目標。 -安納圖勒·佛朗士
it requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. -walter lippman
理解智慧需要智慧：如果聽眾是聾子，音樂什麼也不是。 -華爾特·利普曼
you can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. you can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. -naguib mahfouz
看一個人是否聰明看他的答案；看一個人是否有智慧看他的問題。 -納吉布·馬福茲
any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. -cicero
任何人都可能犯錯誤，但只有傻瓜才堅持錯誤。 -西塞羅
love truth, but pardon error. -voltaire
熱愛真理，但應寬恕錯誤。 -伏爾泰
then only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. -john powell
唯一真正的錯誤是我們不能從中學到任何東西的錯誤。 -約翰·鮑威爾
in books lies the soul of the whole past time. -thomas carlyle
書中有所有先賢的全部靈魂。 -托馬斯·卡萊爾
who neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future. -euripides
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。 -歐里庇德斯
all the knowledge i possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. -goethe
我擁有的知識每個人都可能得到，但我的心靈只屬於我自己。 -歌德
a truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. -robertson davies
一本真正偉大的書應該在青年時讀，然後在成熟後讀，最後在老年時還要讀。正如一個優美的建築應該在晨光中看，中午再看，最後在月光中看。 -羅伯遜·戴維斯
books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. -james lowell
書籍是蜜蜂，將花粉從一個頭腦傳到另一個頭腦。 -詹姆斯·羅尼爾
what the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. -w.h.auden
大眾媒體提供的，不是流行的藝術，而是像食物一樣要被消費的娛樂，然後忘記掉，再被新的菜式所替代。 -w.h.奧登
journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. -g.k.chesterton