Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
The knowledge of all things is possible
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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.
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
Investigate, educate and organize.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
