The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
A thought is an idea in transit.
Dare to think for yourself.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
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.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.