Victor Hugo
“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.”
― Victor HugoLes Misérables



Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero



Marilyn Vos Savant
“To acquire knowledge, one must study;
but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
― Marilyn Vos Savant


Edward Abbey
“You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.”
― Edward AbbeyThe Best of Edward Abbey



Thomas A. Edison
“...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned above us as a god, directing our mundane affairs in detail, regarding us as individuals, punishing us, rewarding us as human judges might.