I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
A thought is an idea in transit.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.
Industrialize or perish.
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.
Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.
