To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing.

Philosophers
Hypatia
A Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician in late-fourth-century Alexandria. She taught across faiths until murdered by a mob in 415 AD, becoming a lasting symbol of intellectual freedom's value and cost.
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Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.
-- Hypatia
Educate the children and it will not be necessary to punish the men.
-- Pythagoras
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
-- Confucius
Blue dye is extracted from the indigo plant, yet it is bluer than indigo itself.
-- Xunzi
Once in one's life, everything should be called into doubt.
-- René Descartes
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James