The highest result of education is tolerance.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
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.
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Know what you are talking about.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
