A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
A witty saying proves nothing.
To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
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.