Dare to think for yourself.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

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.

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

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

Industrialize or perish.

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

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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

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

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.