“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

Anyone can find the switch after the lights are on.

He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.

A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.

The funniest people are the saddest ones.

The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not. Are both correct.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Behind every smile there’s teeth.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.

Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they’ve got none to spend. That’s our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out.

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.

I was a smart kid. I went to a private school in middle school and got kicked out.

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.

I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.

I’ve done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It’s a big part of mixed martial arts.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.