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.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

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

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

The knowledge of all things is possible

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

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

A witty saying proves nothing.

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.

If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

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

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

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge