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 highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Dare to think for yourself.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.
