We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.

A man can learn a lot if he listens, and if I didn't learn anything else I was learning how much I didn't know.

What is today accepted as truth will tomorrow prove to be only amusing.

when guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.

Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.