Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

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

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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

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

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

Dare to think for yourself.

Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.

Courage, conviction and confidence.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

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

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

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

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

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