Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

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

The real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

Dare to think for yourself.

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

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

Investigate, educate and organize.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

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.

Knowledge, Action, Devotion are complementary to each other.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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

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

A witty saying proves nothing.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

I cannot live without books.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.