The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

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

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.

Civilization is a race between disaster and education.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea.

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.