I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.
Courage, conviction and confidence.
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
Dare to think for yourself.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
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.
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
I cannot live without books.
I am a part of everything that I have read.