Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
It is better to know how to learn than to know.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.
Civilization is a race between disaster and education.
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
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.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.