Culture is that which, for the average person, appears to be remote, hovers over, and humiliates him.

Culture is that upon whose reflection we obtain a larger reservoir of ways of knowing.

Culture is tasked, as its primary function, to harness and control energy.

A Culture is not a scientific object. It is produced historically and is actively contested.

The Idea is like a shadow; substantial enough until we try to grasp it.

An Idea is nothing unless it is public — Ideas are not truly alive if they remain locked in a single mind.

An Idea is like a child. No matter how much you like other people's, you can't help thinking your own are best.

The Idea , when new, hurts some minds for the same reason as new shoes hurt some feet.

Influence is inherent in everything — Every book is a quotation, and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone-quarries, and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Influence is important to character — Amongst the honorable a man becomes honorable ; amongst the base, base.

Influence is most successful when grounded in kindness — you cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.

Influence is a kind of immortality — a man lives as long as there are those who bear the stamp of his influence.

Knowledge requires sacrifice — All wish to know, but none want to pay the price. JUVENAL: Satires, VII, 118

Knowledge is that whose strength does not depend on its degree of truth but on its age - on the degree to which it has been incorporated

Knowledge is important — The only knowledge that can hurt you is the knowledge you don't have.

Knowledge is boundless; human capacity limited.