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Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.

Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best of these schools are characterized not so much by what they teach and how they teach it but by the extent they provide opportunities and encouragement for students to teach themselves.

Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.

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

Universities are like a utopia in a way, because you're mentally stimulated, you're challenged, and you have a lot of young, creative minds wanting to do new things, different things. Better things.

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

The University of Maryland was an inspiration for me, and the relationships I made there have lasted a lifetime.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

There are many businesses that are born and die. A university is supposed to live forever.