Quote #11777
Learning is acquired by reading books but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge...
Quote #15259
Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it’s...
Quote #3319
You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea.
Quote #4452
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside...
Quote #11042
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
Quote #12221
Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a...
Quote #15087
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
Quote #9827
A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.
Quote #3664
Accidents, try to change them — it’s impossible. The accidental reveals man.
Quote #12920
If people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks...