The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

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 the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

I cannot live without books.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.