I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

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

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

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

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

Action not backed by knowledge and knowledge not translatable into action, both can not stand the test of time.

I cannot live without books.

The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.