I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

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

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

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

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

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

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.