We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Doubt is the origin of wisdom
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
What's done can't be undone.
Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
Appearances often are deceiving.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value.