Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery we are trying to solve.
The best brains of the Nation may be found on the last benches of the Classroom
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I will spend the first 4 sharpening my axe.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.