If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
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.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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.
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
