Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world. William Penn
For scholars and laymen alike it is not philosophy but active experience in mathematics itself that can alone answer the question: What is mathematics? Richard Courant
We can make majors and officers every year, but not scholars. Robert Burton
A nation's treasure is in its scholars. Chinese Proverb
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood. Irish Proverb
Scholars talk books, butchers talk pigs. Chinese Proverb