“I do not think there can be any defense for the view that knowledge is ever undesirable.”
“Do you ever think about all the knowledge we pour into our brains and how soon they will turn into mush in the grave? I think about it.”
“But believe it or not, I really do like to read. I don't think anyone can ever pull the wool over your eyes if you stay prayed up and read. Frederick Douglass said that no man can be a slave if he has knowledge.”
“I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view. ”
“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
“Life moves fast, in an undesired harmony with time. The moment one blinks, one doesn't know where the next view may take them.”