As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
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
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
When you know better you do better.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
