When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.
When I was an academic, I'd sometimes get a little feeling of excitement when I had an idea that was, I hoped, fresh. And whether anyone should act on that idea is a very different question.
My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.
The educated man had throughout the ages found a way to covert passionate activity into silent and motionless pleasure. He can sit still in a room and not perish.
Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.
In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
Abandon learning and there will be no sorrow.
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.
Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
Alas, I have studied philosophy, the law as well as medicine, and to my sorrow, theology; studied them well with ardent zeal, yet here I am, a wretched fool, no wiser than I was before.
The field of 'economics and organization' is still young and needs support. I have been a chaired professor much of my academic life and know that such chairs are important for recruiting and retaining faculty.
The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.
My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That's where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat.
Be not merely a man of letters! Let literature be an honorable augmentations to your arms, not constitute the coat or fill the escutcheon!
