Ralph Cudworth Quotes

Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge.

I actually think Bill Gates is conventionally smarter, even though it's a dumb word, but mental processing power - I've watched him use four different screens, process information, get to the right answer, boom boom boom.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.

The mind is the greatest weapon in the world.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

Intelligence is not easy to come by.

The use of muscle is only good for running marathons these days. What workers need is a trained mind. Education is the most important thing that needs to be accomplished.

Human power is to be reckoned less by physical vigor than by mental strength.

Constant and frequent questioning is the first key to wisdom … For through doubting we are led to inquire, and by inquiry we perceive the truth.

There never yet has been a country which became powerful without knowledge. A man by his own strength alone cannot successfully combat a tiger, but by his intelligence, he can devise means to entrap him.

The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.