Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.

Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

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 highest result of education is tolerance.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

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.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think

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

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

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Know what you are talking about.

Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.