A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something — Robert M. Hutchins
A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one. — Robert M. Hutchins
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. — Robert M. Hutchins
Mathematics … is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think — Robert M. Hutchins
…The task is overwhelming, and the chance is slight. We must take the chance or die. — Robert M. Hutchins
Whenever the urge to exercise comes upon me, I lie down for a while and it passes. — Robert M. Hutchins
Equality and justice, the two great distinguishing characteristics of democracy, follow inevitably — Robert M. Hutchins
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. — Robert M. Hutchins
This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you’ve got it when you can’t think of anything that’s your fault. — Robert M. Hutchins