Education and intelligence Quotes

Logic is the anatomy of thought

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of the cats is infinitely superior.

The things we really know are not the things we have merely read about or heard about, but the things we have lived, have experienced, have been sensible of

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man

One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking

Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides

Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoat

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.