Juan Luis Vives

"Relationships are the crucible in which our character is tested and refined."

"The science of the natural world reveals the infinite complexity of divine creation."

"Faith is the bridge between what we know and what we hope to become."

"Perseverance transforms the impossible into the merely difficult, then into the achievable."

"Creativity flourishes when the mind is free from the tyranny of conformity."

"The greatest technology is the human mind properly educated and morally directed."

"Love is the recognition of the infinite worth and dignity in another human being."

"Humor is wisdom expressed in a form that does not frighten the fool."

"To truly know yourself is to undertake the most difficult and necessary of all journeys."

"The human soul is composed of knowledge and love."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all true knowledge."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"A man without education is like a man without a soul."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

"Love is the bridge between two souls."

"In every human being there is a spark of divine light."

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."

"The greatest wealth is a peaceful mind."

"Virtue is the only true nobility."

"Time is the most precious gift we have been given."

"The pursuit of happiness begins with understanding ourselves."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"Change is the only constant in human affairs."

"A good teacher is like a candle that consumes itself to light others."

"The body is the prison of the soul, or its instrument of liberation."

"All knowledge begins with wonder and curiosity."

"To live is to learn, and to learn is to live fully."

"Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is weakness."

"The human spirit cannot be conquered by force alone."

"Beauty exists not in the object, but in the eye of the beholder."