Education and intelligence Quotes

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well

He listens well who takes notes.

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense

The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil

The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge and its last.

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

One thought fills immensity

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best to at least rearrange their prejudices once in a while

Less than fifteen percent of the people do any original thinking on any subject . . . The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think

Experience, like a pale musician, holds a dulcimer of patience in his hand

If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers.

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

There, that is our secret: go to sleep! You will wake, and remember, and understand

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth

There is no worse screen to block out the spirit than confidence in our own intelligence