Great teachers learn from students.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature; it is our future that lays down the law of our today.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

In school, you are given the lesson first. One the street, you're given the mistake first and then it's up to you to find the lesson, if you ever find it.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The wise man accepts his pain, endures it, but does not add to it.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.