My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Know what you are talking about.
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
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.
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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.
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.