Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

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

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

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.

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.