The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
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.
Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.