Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles William Eliot More Quotes by Charles William Eliot More Quotes From Charles William Eliot I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work. Charles William Eliot summer years school If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you. Nourish your minds by good reading, constant reading. Discover what your lifework is, work in which you can do most good, in which you can be happiest. Be unafraid in all things when you know you are in the right. Charles William Eliot reading opportunity thinking Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment. Charles William Eliot honor education world The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day. Charles William Eliot laughter joy happiness Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of the common life. Charles William Eliot messengers and-love lonely The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn, not knowledge, but power. Charles William Eliot desire education school The Library is the heart of the University. Charles William Eliot university library heart Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence. Charles William Eliot real men philosophy Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others. Charles William Eliot expansion spiritual thinking One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long. Charles William Eliot education class book Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne. Charles William Eliot delight adversity history All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties. Charles William Eliot judgement business belief There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you. Charles William Eliot successful leadership attention The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world. Charles William Eliot ties-of-love helping-others men When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road. Charles William Eliot progress work heart The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself. Charles William Eliot he-man men thinking You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world Charles William Eliot college work world Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action. Charles William Eliot realms action inspirational Books are the quietest and most constant of friends. Charles William Eliot library reading book In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to draw a justly limited inference from observed facts. Charles William Eliot fields power children
