"Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn"

"A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive"

"Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning"

"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it"