I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.
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 an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.
If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.
Know what you are talking about.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
