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.
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
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.
The knowledge of all things is possible
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
