Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college. – Lillian Smith
I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within. – Lillian Smith
Faith and doubt both are needed – not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. – Lillian Smith
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. – Lillian Smith
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery