Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion
Civilization is a race between disaster and education.
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
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.
Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.