What is now proved was once only imagined.

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

Investigate, educate and organize.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

Dare to think for yourself.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

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

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Many much-learned men have no intelligence.

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

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

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

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

My weapon is literature

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.