He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
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.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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
The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
