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.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

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.

I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

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

As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible but more mysterious.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

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

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

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

The highest result of education is tolerance.

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.

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

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

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

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

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

Investigate, educate and organize the country must progress, productive works and industries are the main avenues at present next to education for the advancement of the country

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.