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.
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
