Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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.
The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.
