The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Philosophy is nothing other than the pursuit of nobility and goodness.

-- Gaius Musonius Rufus

It is hard to retain what you learn unless you practice it.

-- Seneca

Educate the children and it will not be necessary to punish the men.

-- Pythagoras

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies.

-- Hypatia

To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing.

-- Hypatia

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

-- Confucius