Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it's about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he's willing to haul away.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

I don't see what's wrong with giving Bobby a little experience before he starts to practise law.

As the Spanish proverb says, 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

We should always aim to read something different=not only the writers with whom we agree, but those with whom we are ready to do battle. Their point of view challenges us to examine the truth and to test their views...and let us not comment on nor criticize writers of whom we have heard only second-hand, or third-hand without troubling to read their works for ourselves...Don't be afraid of new ideas.

The world is more various than we ever give it credit for.

I try to get through a book every two weeks.

...the exchange of students...should be vastly expanded...Information and education are powerful forces in support of peace. Just as war begins in the minds of men, so does peace.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.