When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful read more

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether read more

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes read more

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but read more

The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

Add a few drops of malice to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

Add a few drops of malice to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.

When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.