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

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

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

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

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.

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

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

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

Know what you are talking about.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.

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

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

I am a part of everything that I have read.

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