My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

When you know better you do better.

Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

A thought is an idea in transit.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.