There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

If you're not learning while you're earning, you're cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.

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

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

You can never learn less, you can only learn more.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

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

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.