They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
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.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
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.
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
When you know better you do better.
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.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
