The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.