Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

A thought is an idea in transit.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

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.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

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.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

A witty saying proves nothing.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.