“What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do”

“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 to what we spend on our horses?”

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe in, is at the end of the day of little consequence.The only consequence is what we do.”

“The past is the one thing we are not prisoners of. We can do with the past exactly what we wish. What we can't do is to change its consequences.”

“A thing of worth is what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.”

“To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true? To be taught to write or to speak—but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think—nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true.”

“Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.”