It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration and reverence from my fellow-beings, through no fault or merit of my own.

Albert Einstein · From What I Believe, 1930.

The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life achievement.

Albert Einstein · From his address on education at Albany, 15 October 1936.

Albert Einstein · From his message for the Gandhi memorial service, 11 February 1948.

Albert Einstein · The opening of Moral Decay, a message to the YMCA, 11 October 1937.

Horace · The source reads: “Magnas inter opes inops. A beggar amidst great riches.”

Winston Churchill · Churchill at the University of Copenhagen in 1950, on what education is for.

Winston Churchill · Fourth Alamein Reunion, Empress Hall, London, 21 October 1949