All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

A witty saying proves nothing.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.