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.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
Education is a system of imposed ignorance.
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
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.
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
