The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
I cannot live without books.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
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.
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.
Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.
The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.
When you know better you do better.
