It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.

If you took half of something and continued to take half of that half and so on, you would never reach an end.

We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.

Go out as far as you can go and start from there

Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.

The same thinking and actions that created our problems cannot be used to solve them.

True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.