Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
What is now proved was once only imagined.
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.
Many much-learned men have no intelligence.
The knowledge of all things is possible
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 am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
Know what you are talking about.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.