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

Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.

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.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

I cannot live without books.

Courage, conviction and confidence.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

It is not enough for the teacher to love the child. She must first love and understand the universe. She must prepare herself, and truly work at it.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

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

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

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.