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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.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
Carrier of news and knowledge, Instrument of trade and industry, Promoter of mutual... (more Charles William Eliot quotes)
| A turning point in higher education;: The inaugural address of Charles William Eliot as president of Harvard College, October 19, 1869 by Charles William Eliot and Nathan M. Pusey | |
| A turning point in higher education; the inaugural address of Charles William Eliot as president of Harvard College, October 19, 1869. With an introd. by Nathan M. Pusey. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series | |
| Addresses at the inauguration of Charles William Eliot by Michigan Historical Reprint Series |
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