Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

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

A witty saying proves nothing.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

The knowledge of all things is possible

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

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.