If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on... then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me.

Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

O ser humano é aquilo que a educação faz dele.

The hand is the visible part of the brain.

It is through education that all the good in the world arises.