"The limit of man's knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination."

"He who understands baboons would do more towards metaphysics than Locke."

"More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral."

"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts."

"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

"We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us."

"An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men."

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

"Of course it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well."

"Let us beware of common folk, common sense, sentiment, inspiration, and the obvious."

"I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge."

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."

"Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life."

"Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?"

"I was really hyperactive as a kid and no one knew how or where I got all this energy."

"I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater."

"As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease."

"Who can direct when all pretend to know?"

"The entire object of true education, is to make people not merely do the right thing, but to enjoy right things; not merely industrious, but to love industry; not merely learned, but to love knowledge."

"Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs."

"What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?"

"Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure."

"Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding."

"Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent."