My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become read more

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different read more

The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own.

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.

O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of read more

O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and
expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been
without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men
scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.
[Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix,
expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita
hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu
dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]

Every clarification breeds new questions.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.

He who runs behind truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of truck is tired.

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for read more

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings? - Craftmanship in Teaching.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.