Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Dare to think for yourself.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

I cannot live without books.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

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.

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.