A witty saying proves nothing.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
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.
The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.
