Educational Sayings

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.

A man's conscience and his judgement are the same thing, and as the judgement, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Do not read history. Read biography for it is life without theory.

The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole of nature.

There is nothing in the intellect that was not previously in the senses, except the intellect itself.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

Marriage is and remains the most important discovery of the human race.

The only certain antidote to the fear of death is the knowledge that we are already dead.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.

The purpose of education is to enable people to think for themselves.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

A good simile refreshes the intellect.

I am a mathematician and a logician, and I do not find it easy to be human.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

I was never anxious to please the mob, for I have not learned what pleases it.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.