The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

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"The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest of the past centuries."

- René Descartes

Learning

"Cogito Ergo Sum | "I Think, Therefore I Am.""

- René Descartes

Belief in Self

"Cogito, ergo sum. — I think, therefore I am."

- René Descartes

Belief in Self

"It is not enough to have a good mind; the important thing is to use it well."

- René Descartes

Wisdom

"Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it."

- René Descartes

Wisdom

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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

- Nelson Mandela

Education

"You’ll find that education is just about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away."

- John Graham

Education

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

Education

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Education

"I must study lots of things or I won’t become a great person."

- Kotomi Ichinose

Education