There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

A good problem is something you don't know how to solve. That's what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

Bill Gates, who is the classic computer nerd, as opposed to Steve who is, like the coolest guy in the world. And who is really doing things to make the world a better place?

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

An essential part of seeing clearly is finding the willingness to look closely and to go beyond our own ideas.

I know it's hard being a single mother baby, he said, but we're talking fundamentals here. Homemade cookies are one of the best parts of christmas. It's an absolute fundamental.

You kinda want to look for the anomalies. You don't actually want to look for the expected behaviour.

The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is overlooked and otherwise slighted, so that he does not come again.

Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

What comes to me unmistakably is what I carefully or carelessly invite.