"Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

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

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows"

"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"

"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time"

"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run"

"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"

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

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine"