Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
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.
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
