The highest result of education is tolerance.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion

Necessity is the mother of invention.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

It is better to know how to learn than to know.

A witty saying proves nothing.

The knowledge of all things is possible

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

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

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.

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

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think

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

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

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Education is a system of imposed ignorance.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.