Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
The knowledge of all things is possible
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.