I have tried to put into words why my experience at Haverford was so important to me, but, like so much of my life, the reasons lie just beyond my touch. For me, one of the most important qualities is the College's "intimacy." It's a word that is all too often used in just a physical sense, but in Haverford's case, the word is entwined within the College's Latin motto (non doctior sed meliore doctrina imbutus), translated as "not more learned, but imbued with better learning." The word "imbued" suggests the opposite of being "taught" or "instructed." It implies that every aspect of the environment is important in the learning process, and those Quakers of yore recognized and acknowledged this ideal from the moment the school was founded.