“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear but being resolutely minded in a just cause. ”

“A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted.”

“For fortune having hitherto seconded him in his designs, made him resolute and firm in his opinions, and the boldness of his temper raised a sort of passion in him for surmounting difficulties; as ...”

“The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.”

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse ...”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”